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Rock Falls, Illinois

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Rockford. It is located about 46 miles [74 km] to the northeast of Rock Falls and has a population of 150,115 people.<1>

The next largest community is Davenport (IA). It is located about 49 miles [78 km] to the west of Rock Falls and has a population of 98,359 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Bettendorf (IA)   W43 mi [69.2 km]32,5844.19% increase
 Clinton (IA)   W28 mi [45.06 km]26,4074.92% decrease
 De Kalb   E49 mi [78.9 km]45,49716.61% increase
 Dixon   NE11 mi [17.7 km]15,0335.7% decrease
 East Moline   SW43 mi [69.2 km]20,8922.75% increase
 Freeport   N35 mi [56.3 km]24,6156.91% decrease
 Kewanee   S38 mi [61.2 km]12,3024.96% decrease
 La Salle   SE43 mi [69.2 km]9,5202.82% decrease
 Mendota   SE33 mi [53.1 km]6,9953.81% decrease
 Moline   SW45 mi [72.4 km]43,0881.55% decrease
 Peru   SE41 mi [66 km]9,8100.25% decrease
 Princeton   SE29 mi [46.67 km]7,496---
 Rochelle   E33 mi [53.1 km]9,8474.49% increase
 Rock Island   SW50 mi [80.5 km]38,1393.89% decrease
 Sterling   NLess than 2 mi15,1242.12% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Amboy   E16 mi [25.75 km]2,5740.51% increase
 Chadwick   NW19 mi [30.58 km]4716.73% decrease
 Coleta   NW10 mi [16.09 km]1512.58% decrease
 Deer Grove   S11 mi [17.7 km]472.08% decrease
 Harmon   SE7 mi [11.27 km]1443.36% decrease
 Lyndon   W12 mi [19.31 km]5434.06% decrease
 Milledgeville   N13 mi [20.92 km]9308.46% decrease
 Morrison   W14 mi [22.53 km]4,3033.24% decrease
 Nachusa   E15 mi [24.14 km]---
 Nelson   E4 mi [6.44 km]1573.68% decrease
 New Bedford   S18 mi [28.97 km]914.21% decrease
 Polo   N15 mi [24.14 km]2,477---
 Prophetstown   SW14 mi [22.53 km]1,9254.84% decrease
 Tampico   SW11 mi [17.7 km]7285.7% decrease
 Walnut   S15 mi [24.14 km]1,4004.18% decrease

Whiteside County

Rock Falls is located in Whiteside County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Whiteside: Carroll, Ogle, Lee, Bureau, Henry, Rock Island and Clinton (IA).

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Rock Falls
 Clinton County (IA)   WLyons (IA)26 miles [41 km]
 Jackson County (IA)   NWSabula (IA)32 miles [51 km]
 Scott County (IA)   WRivercrest Estates (IA)34 miles [54 km]
 Bureau County   SNormandy14 miles [22 km]
 Carroll County   NHazelhurst13 miles [20 km]
 DeKalb County   ELee38 miles [61 km]
 Henry County   SWAliceville18 miles [28 km]
 Jo Daviess County   NWPleasant Valley35 miles [56 km]
 La Salle County   SEMendota33 miles [53 km]
 Lee County   ENelson4 miles [6 km]



Search for Local Businesses

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) Rock Falls. 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 Rock Falls.

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