Jacksonville, Illinois

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The city of Jacksonville is located in Morgan County and is the county seat.

Jacksonville is 170 feet [51.82 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Jacksonville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Jacksonville can be found in:

At the time of the 2000 Census, Jacksonville had a population of 18,940 people^<3> (or 51.72% of the total population of Morgan County). The population of Jacksonville represented 0.15% of the total of Illinois, making it the state's 122nd most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Jacksonville had a population of 19,415 people. This is an increase of 2.51% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Jacksonville.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<4>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Ashland	NE	16 mi [25.75 km]	1,321	2.94% decrease
	Bluffs	W	16 mi [25.75 km]	701	6.28% decrease
	Meredosia	W	18 mi [28.97 km]	966	7.2% decrease
	Murrayville	S	10 mi [16.09 km]	619	3.88% decrease
	New Berlin	E	16 mi [25.75 km]	1,131	9.81% increase
	Pleasant Plains	NE	19 mi [30.58 km]	720	7.34% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Jacksonville.

Websites for Jacksonville

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Jacksonville. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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