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Olney, Illinois

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Vincennes (IN). It is located about 31 miles [49 km] to the east of Olney and has a population of 18,701 people.<1>

The next largest community is Effingham. It is located about 36 miles [57 km] to the northwest of Olney and has a population of 12,384 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Carmi   S44 mi [70.8 km]5,2034.04% decrease
 Casey   N39 mi [62.8 km]2,9140.95% decrease
 Fairfield   SW28 mi [45.06 km]5,1654.72% decrease
 Flora   W21 mi [33.8 km]4,7726.17% decrease
 Lawrenceville   E21 mi [33.8 km]4,3827.65% decrease
 Marshall   NE50 mi [80.5 km]3,8461.99% increase
 McLeansboro   SW50 mi [80.5 km]2,7805.6% decrease
 Mount Carmel   SE27 mi [43.45 km]7,4047.24% decrease
 Newton   N18 mi [28.97 km]2,9424.14% decrease
 Robinson   NE26 mi [41.84 km]6,3696.64% decrease
 Salem   W47 mi [75.6 km]7,4465.85% decrease
 Bicknell (IN)   E41 mi [66 km]3,2354.23% decrease
 Princeton (IN)   SE37 mi [59.5 km]8,4473.33% increase
 Sullivan (IN)   NE44 mi [70.8 km]4,4822.92% decrease
 Washington (IN)   E49 mi [78.9 km]11,3970.15% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Bone Gap   S20 mi [32.19 km]2546.62% decrease
 Bridgeport   E17 mi [27.36 km]2,0853.83% decrease
 Calhoun   SE5 mi [8.05 km]2114.95% decrease
 Claremont   E5 mi [8.05 km]2015.19% decrease
 Clay City   W14 mi [22.53 km]9396.1% decrease
 Marion   S12 mi [19.31 km]---
 Mount Erie   SW16 mi [25.75 km]1013.81% decrease
 Noble   W7 mi [11.27 km]6917.37% decrease
 Oblong   NE21 mi [33.8 km]1,5233.61% decrease
 Parkersburg   S9 mi [14.48 km]2225.13% decrease
 Sailor Springs   W14 mi [22.53 km]1233.91% decrease
 Sainte Marie   N14 mi [22.53 km]2513.83% decrease
 Sumner   E11 mi [17.7 km]2,981191.68% increase
 West Salem   S15 mi [24.14 km]9376.39% decrease
 Willow Hill   N18 mi [28.97 km]2327.2% decrease

Richland County

Olney is located in Richland County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Richland: Clay, Crawford, Edwards, Jasper, Lawrence, Wabash and Wayne.

While not sharing a border with Richland, the following counties are close to Olney: Effingham, Knox (IN) and Vanderburgh (IN).

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Olney
 Clark County   NHogue Town32 miles [51 km]
 Clay County   NWWendelin12 miles [19 km]
 Crawford County   NELandes14 miles [22 km]
 Cumberland County   NHazel Dell32 miles [51 km]
 Edwards County   SMarion12 miles [19 km]
 Effingham County   NWWinterrowd21 miles [33 km]
 Fayette County   WLa Clede35 miles [56 km]
 Hamilton County   SWAden39 miles [62 km]
 Jasper County   NWest Liberty8 miles [12 km]
 Jefferson County   SWShields38 miles [61 km]



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People have found 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) Olney. 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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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 Olney.

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