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Mount Vernon, Illinois

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Carbondale. It is located about 44 miles [70 km] to the south of Mount Vernon and has a population of 20,681 people.<1>

The next largest community is Marion. It is located about 41 miles [65 km] to the south of Mount Vernon and has a population of 16,035 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Benton   S21 mi [33.8 km]6,9571.12% increase
 Carmi   E43 mi [69.2 km]5,2034.04% decrease
 Centralia   NW18 mi [28.97 km]13,5694.01% decrease
 Du Quoin   SW27 mi [43.45 km]6,3261.89% decrease
 Fairfield   E29 mi [46.67 km]5,1654.72% decrease
 Flora   NE33 mi [53.1 km]4,7726.17% decrease
 Greenville   NW47 mi [75.6 km]7,3796.1% increase
 Harrisburg   SE44 mi [70.8 km]9,5822.82% decrease
 Herrin   S36 mi [57.9 km]12,3379.2% increase
 Mascoutah   W50 mi [80.5 km]6,70118.41% increase
 Murphysboro   SW44 mi [70.8 km]8,18438.44% decrease
 Pinckneyville   SW30 mi [48.28 km]5,3841.46% decrease
 Salem   N21 mi [33.8 km]7,4465.85% decrease
 Vandalia   N46 mi [74 km]6,3219.38% decrease
 West Frankfort   S28 mi [45.06 km]8,190---

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Ashley   W14 mi [22.53 km]5736.53% decrease
 Belle Rive   SE11 mi [17.7 km]3720.27% increase
 Bluford   E9 mi [14.48 km]7622.93% decrease
 Bonnie   S7 mi [11.27 km]4191.18% decrease
 Dahlgren   SE14 mi [22.53 km]4963.5% decrease
 Dix   N8 mi [12.87 km]4980.81% increase
 Emerson City   SW14 mi [22.53 km]---
 Ina   S11 mi [17.7 km]2,4480.29% decrease
 Jefferson City   NW8 mi [12.87 km]---
 Kell   N12 mi [19.31 km]2214.33% decrease
 Markham City   E10 mi [16.09 km]---
 Nason   S10 mi [16.09 km]234---
 Walnut Hill   NW13 mi [20.92 km]1044.59% decrease
 Waltonville   SW9 mi [14.48 km]4281.42% increase
 Woodlawn   W6 mi [9.66 km]72214.6% increase

Jefferson County

Mount Vernon is located in Jefferson County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jefferson: Franklin, Hamilton, Marion, Perry, Washington and Wayne.

While not sharing a border with Jefferson, the counties of Clinton and Clay are close to Mount Vernon.

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Mount Vernon
 Bond County   NWKeyesport35 miles [56 km]
 Clay County   NEXenia26 miles [41 km]
 Clinton County   NWWamac17 miles [27 km]
 Fayette County   NFarina36 miles [57 km]
 Franklin County   SEFrisco15 miles [24 km]
 Hamilton County   SEDahlgren14 miles [22 km]
 Jackson County   SWDowell31 miles [49 km]
 Marion County   NKell12 miles [19 km]
 Perry County   SWTamaroa21 miles [33 km]
 Randolph County   WCoulterville38 miles [61 km]



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Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned 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) Mount Vernon. 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.

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Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
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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 Mount Vernon.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Mount Vernon 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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