Metropolis, Illinois

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Cape Girardeau (MO). It is located about 48 miles [77 km] to the west of Metropolis and has a population of 35,349 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Paducah (KY). It lies just southeast of Metropolis and has a population of 26,307 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Anna	NW	36 mi [57.9 km]	5,025	2.16% decrease
	Cairo	W	28 mi [45.06 km]	3,105	14.51% decrease
	Carbondale	NW	49 mi [78.9 km]	26,231	26.84% increase
	Carterville	NW	47 mi [75.6 km]	5,441	17.87% increase
	Eldorado	N	47 mi [75.6 km]	4,392	3.13% decrease
	Harrisburg	N	41 mi [66 km]	9,582	2.82% decrease
	Herrin	NW	48 mi [77.2 km]	12,337	9.2% increase
	Johnston City	N	48 mi [77.2 km]	3,477	2.25% decrease
	Marion	N	41 mi [66 km]	17,388	8.44% increase
	Benton (KY)	SE	27 mi [43.45 km]	4,367	4.05% increase
	Mayfield (KY)	S	28 mi [45.06 km]	10,186	1.58% decrease
	Murray (KY)	SE	42 mi [67.6 km]	16,557	10.75% increase
	Princeton (KY)	E	44 mi [70.8 km]	6,398	2.11% decrease
	Charleston (MO)	SW	38 mi [61.2 km]	5,111	8.01% increase
	Scott City (MO)	W	46 mi [74 km]	4,538	1.15% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bay City	NE	12 mi [19.31 km]	---
	Brookport	E	3 mi [4.83 km]	1,027	2.56% decrease
	Hamletsburg	E	14 mi [22.53 km]	---
	Joppa	NW	9 mi [14.48 km]	406	0.73% decrease
	Massac City	W	Less than 2 mi	---
	Cimota City (KY)	SW	9 mi [14.48 km]	---
	Future City (KY)	SW	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Hendron (KY)	SE	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Kevil (KY)	SW	11 mi [17.7 km]	576	0.35% increase
	La Center (KY)	W	16 mi [25.75 km]	1,039	0.1% increase
	Ledbetter (KY)	SE	13 mi [20.92 km]	---
	Lone Oak (KY)	S	7 mi [11.27 km]	438	3.52% decrease
	Massac (KY)	S	9 mi [14.48 km]	---
	Reidland (KY)	SE	12 mi [19.31 km]	---
	West Future City (KY)	SW	8 mi [12.87 km]	---

Massac County

Metropolis is located in Massac County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Massac: Pope, Livingston (KY), McCracken (KY), Pulaski and Johnson.

While not sharing a border with Massac, the following counties are close to Metropolis: Ballard (KY), Graves (KY) and Marshall (KY).

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Metropolis
	Alexander County	W	Golden Lily	27 miles [43 km]
	Hardin County	NE	Shetlerville	25 miles [40 km]
	Johnson County	N	Reevesville	13 miles [20 km]
	Pope County	NE	Lewis Corner	10 miles [16 km]
	Pulaski County	NW	Karnak	18 miles [28 km]
	Saline County	N	Oldtown	31 miles [49 km]
	Union County	NW	Moscow	26 miles [41 km]
	Williamson County	N	Creal Springs	33 miles [53 km]
	Ballard County (KY)	W	Woodville (KY)	10 miles [16 km]
	Caldwell County (KY)	E	The Bluff (KY)	34 miles [54 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Illinois<3>

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