Rochester, Illinois

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Springfield. It lies just west of Rochester and has a population of 111,454 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Decatur. It is located about 32 miles [51 km] to the east of Rochester and has a population of 81,860 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Auburn	SW	16 mi [25.75 km]	4,362	1.04% increase
	Beardstown	W	50 mi [80.5 km]	5,859	1.61% increase
	Carlinville	SW	37 mi [59.5 km]	5,962	4.87% increase
	Chatham	SW	10 mi [16.09 km]	10,676	24.39% increase
	Clinton	NE	40 mi [64.4 km]	7,154	4.42% decrease
	Havana	NW	46 mi [74 km]	3,328	6.96% decrease
	Hillsboro	S	39 mi [62.8 km]	6,164	41.41% increase
	Jacksonville	W	37 mi [59.5 km]	19,415	2.51% increase
	Lincoln	N	28 mi [45.06 km]	14,541	5.39% decrease
	Litchfield	S	40 mi [64.4 km]	6,647	2.47% decrease
	Mount Zion	E	34 mi [54.7 km]	5,159	6.48% increase
	Pana	SE	35 mi [56.3 km]	5,718	1.85% increase
	Shelbyville	SE	45 mi [72.4 km]	4,605	7.36% decrease
	Sullivan	E	50 mi [80.5 km]	4,383	1.32% increase
	Taylorville	SE	17 mi [27.36 km]	12,238	7.1% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Buffalo	NE	9 mi [14.48 km]	451	8.15% decrease
	Bulpitt	SE	12 mi [19.31 km]	193	6.31% decrease
	Clear Lake	NW	4 mi [6.44 km]	247	7.49% decrease
	Dawson	NE	7 mi [11.27 km]	462	0.86% decrease
	Edinburg	SE	10 mi [16.09 km]	1,108	2.38% decrease
	Grandview	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]	1,410	8.26% decrease
	Jerome	W	7 mi [11.27 km]	1,294	8.49% decrease
	Leland Grove	W	8 mi [12.87 km]	1,443	9.36% decrease
	Mechanicsburg	NE	7 mi [11.27 km]	449	1.54% decrease
	New City	S	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Pawnee	S	11 mi [17.7 km]	2,544	3.89% decrease
	Riverton	N	6 mi [9.66 km]	2,989	1.94% decrease
	Sherman	NW	9 mi [14.48 km]	3,827	33.3% increase
	Southern View	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	1,642	3.13% decrease
	Spaulding	N	7 mi [11.27 km]	821	46.87% increase

Sangamon County

Rochester is located in Sangamon County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sangamon: Christian, Logan, Macon, Macoupin, Menard, Montgomery and Morgan. Although it doesn't share a border with Sangamon, Cass it is close to Rochester.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Rochester
	Cass County	W	Ashland	26 miles [41 km]
	Christian County	E	Roby	7 miles [11 km]
	De Witt County	NE	Kenney	33 miles [53 km]
	Logan County	NE	Cornland	14 miles [22 km]
	Macon County	E	Niantic	20 miles [32 km]
	Macoupin County	SW	Virden	21 miles [33 km]
	Mason County	N	Luther	30 miles [48 km]
	Menard County	N	Fancy Prairie	16 miles [25 km]
	Montgomery County	S	White Oak	17 miles [27 km]
	Morgan County	SW	Waverly	25 miles [40 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Illinois<3>

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be 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) Rochester. 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.

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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