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Marion, Illinois

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Evansville (IN). It is located about 49 miles [78 km] to the southeast of Marion and has a population of 121,582 people.<1>

The next largest community is Vincennes (IN). It is located about 33 miles [53 km] to the east of Marion and has a population of 18,701 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Carmi   S32 mi [51.5 km]5,2034.04% decrease
 Effingham   NW45 mi [72.4 km]12,4890.85% increase
 Fairfield   SW18 mi [28.97 km]5,1654.72% decrease
 Flora   W21 mi [33.8 km]4,7726.17% decrease
 Lawrenceville   NE25 mi [40.23 km]4,3827.65% decrease
 McLeansboro   SW39 mi [62.8 km]2,7805.6% decrease
 Mount Carmel   SE20 mi [32.19 km]7,4047.24% decrease
 Mount Vernon   W46 mi [74 km]16,2980.18% increase
 Newton   N30 mi [48.28 km]2,9424.14% decrease
 Olney   N12 mi [19.31 km]8,4072.6% decrease
 Robinson   NE37 mi [59.5 km]6,3696.64% decrease
 Salem   W46 mi [74 km]7,4465.85% decrease
 Bicknell (IN)   E45 mi [72.4 km]3,2354.23% decrease
 Mount Vernon (IN)   S43 mi [69.2 km]6,9806.66% decrease
 Princeton (IN)   SE31 mi [49.89 km]8,4473.33% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Albion   S12 mi [19.31 km]1,8146.16% decrease
 Bellmont   SE15 mi [24.14 km]2805.72% decrease
 Bone Gap   SE9 mi [14.48 km]2546.62% decrease
 Browns   SE13 mi [20.92 km]1636.86% decrease
 Calhoun   NE7 mi [11.27 km]2114.95% decrease
 Cisne   W17 mi [27.36 km]6493.57% decrease
 Claremont   NE13 mi [20.92 km]2015.19% decrease
 Clay City   NW15 mi [24.14 km]9396.1% decrease
 Golden Gate   S14 mi [22.53 km]964% decrease
 Jeffersonville   SW17 mi [27.36 km]3533.55% decrease
 Mount Erie   W7 mi [11.27 km]1013.81% decrease
 Noble   NW11 mi [17.7 km]6917.37% decrease
 Parkersburg   NE3 mi [4.83 km]2225.13% decrease
 Sumner   NE17 mi [27.36 km]2,981191.68% increase
 West Salem   E5 mi [8.05 km]9376.39% decrease

Edwards County

Marion is located in Edwards County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Edwards: Richland, Wabash, Gibson (IN), White and Wayne.

While not sharing a border with Edwards, the following counties are close to Marion: Lawrence, Clay and Jasper.

Below are counties that are near Marion (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Marion:

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Marion
 Clay County   NWCamp Travis14 miles [22 km]
 Crawford County   NELandes24 miles [38 km]
 Effingham County   NWWinterrowd30 miles [48 km]
 Fayette County   NWLa Clede39 miles [62 km]
 Hamilton County   SWAden28 miles [45 km]
 Jasper County   NWest Liberty20 miles [32 km]
 Jefferson County   WShields33 miles [53 km]
 Lawrence County   EHelena13 miles [20 km]
 Marion County   WHelm32 miles [51 km]
 Richland County   NWSeminary2 miles [3 km]



Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when 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) Marion. 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.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

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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Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Marion.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Marion and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<3>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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