Rapids City, Illinois

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The next largest community is Moline. It is located about 10 miles [16 km] to the southwest of Rapids City and has a population of 43,768 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bettendorf (IA)	W	7 mi [11.27 km]	32,584	4.19% increase
	Clinton (IA)	N	19 mi [30.58 km]	26,407	4.92% decrease
	Maquoketa (IA)	NW	37 mi [59.5 km]	5,908	3.34% decrease
	Muscatine (IA)	W	39 mi [62.8 km]	22,504	0.85% decrease
	Dixon	NE	47 mi [75.6 km]	15,033	5.7% decrease
	East Moline	SW	7 mi [11.27 km]	20,892	2.75% increase
	Galesburg	S	43 mi [69.2 km]	31,181	7.49% decrease
	Geneseo	SE	13 mi [20.92 km]	6,437	0.66% decrease
	Kewanee	SE	31 mi [49.89 km]	12,302	4.96% decrease
	Monmouth	S	48 mi [77.2 km]	9,321	5.28% decrease
	Princeton	E	47 mi [75.6 km]	7,496	---
	Rock Falls	E	36 mi [57.9 km]	9,307	2.85% decrease
	Rock Island	SW	14 mi [22.53 km]	38,139	3.89% decrease
	Silvis	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]	7,770	6.89% increase
	Sterling	NE	36 mi [57.9 km]	15,124	2.12% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Le Claire (IA)	NW	Less than 2 mi	2,994	5.16% increase
	McCausland (IA)	NW	12 mi [19.31 km]	300	0.33% increase
	Panorama Park (IA)	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	128	15.32% increase
	Princeton (IA)	N	6 mi [9.66 km]	953	0.74% increase
	Riverdale (IA)	SW	7 mi [11.27 km]	595	9.3% decrease
	Carbon Cliff	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]	1,657	1.89% decrease
	Cleveland	S	5 mi [8.05 km]	239	5.53% decrease
	Coal Valley	SW	10 mi [16.09 km]	4,001	10.95% increase
	Colona	S	7 mi [11.27 km]	5,232	1.14% increase
	Cordova	N	6 mi [9.66 km]	682	7.74% increase
	Green Rock	S	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Hampton	SW	3 mi [4.83 km]	1,774	9.1% increase
	Hickory Hills	SE	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Hillsdale	E	8 mi [12.87 km]	561	4.59% decrease
	Port Byron	N	2 mi [3.22 km]	1,670	8.79% increase

Rock Island County

Rapids City is located in Rock Island County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Rock Island: Clinton (IA), Whiteside, Henry, Mercer, Louisa (IA), Muscatine (IA) and Scott (IA).

While not sharing a border with Rock Island, the following counties are close to Rapids City: Bureau, Carroll and Cedar (IA).

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Rapids City
	Cedar County (IA)	W	Durant (IA)	29 miles [46 km]
	Clinton County (IA)	N	Folletts (IA)	11 miles [17 km]
	Jackson County (IA)	N	Miles (IA)	32 miles [51 km]
	Muscatine County (IA)	W	Petersburg (IA)	23 miles [37 km]
	Scott County (IA)	NW	Le Claire (IA)	1 miles [1 km]
	Bureau County	E	Yorktown	25 miles [40 km]
	Carroll County	NE	Ebner	27 miles [43 km]
	Henry County	S	Cleveland	5 miles [8 km]
	Knox County	S	Rio	32 miles [51 km]
	Lee County	E	Van Petten	38 miles [61 km]

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