Rockford, Illinois

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Rockford is the largest city within a 50 mile [80 km] radius.

The next largest community is Elgin. It is located about 41 miles [65 km] to the east of Rockford and has a population of 94,487 people.^<1>

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Algonquin	E	38 mi [61.2 km]	30,352	30.4% increase
	Bartlett	SE	49 mi [78.9 km]	42,209	14.99% increase
	Batavia	SE	48 mi [77.2 km]	27,502	15.24% increase
	Carpentersville	E	40 mi [64.4 km]	37,741	23.39% increase
	Crystal Lake	E	37 mi [59.5 km]	41,797	9.99% increase
	De Kalb	SE	28 mi [45.06 km]	45,497	16.61% increase
	Freeport	W	29 mi [46.67 km]	24,615	6.91% decrease
	Hanover Park	E	50 mi [80.5 km]	36,777	3.92% decrease
	Hoffman Estates	E	48 mi [77.2 km]	53,641	8.38% increase
	Round Lake Beach	E	50 mi [80.5 km]	27,855	7.72% increase
	Saint Charles	SE	45 mi [72.4 km]	32,829	17.68% increase
	Streamwood	E	48 mi [77.2 km]	37,119	1.96% increase
	West Chicago	SE	49 mi [78.9 km]	26,454	12.72% increase
	Beloit (WI)	N	18 mi [28.97 km]	36,160	1.08% increase
	Janesville (WI)	N	29 mi [46.67 km]	62,516	5.07% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Belvidere	E	9 mi [14.48 km]	26,461	27.09% increase
	Caledonia	NE	11 mi [17.7 km]	226	13.57% increase
	Cherry Valley	E	5 mi [8.05 km]	2,267	3.47% increase
	Davis Junction	S	10 mi [16.09 km]	2,270	362.32% increase
	Indian Village	SW	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Loves Park	NE	5 mi [8.05 km]	24,457	22.02% increase
	Machesney Park	N	7 mi [11.27 km]	22,815	9.9% increase
	Monroe Center	S	11 mi [17.7 km]	---
	New Millford	S	5 mi [8.05 km]	556	2.77% increase
	Poplar Grove	NE	12 mi [19.31 km]	4,058	196.64% increase
	Rockton	N	12 mi [19.31 km]	5,512	4.08% increase
	Roscoe	N	11 mi [17.7 km]	8,807	41.05% increase
	Sturbridge Village	N	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Timberlane	NE	11 mi [17.7 km]	615	162.82% increase
	Winnebago	W	9 mi [14.48 km]	3,216	8.72% increase

Winnebago County

Rockford is located in Winnebago County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Winnebago: Rock (WI), Boone, DeKalb, Ogle, Stephenson and Green (WI).

While not sharing a border with Winnebago, the following counties are close to Rockford: Clay, McHenry and Walworth (WI).

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Rockford
	Boone County	NE	Loves Park	5 miles [8 km]
	Carroll County	W	Shannon	35 miles [56 km]
	Clay County	S	Greendale	2 miles [3 km]
	DeKalb County	SE	Fairdale	13 miles [20 km]
	Kane County	SE	Burlington	30 miles [48 km]
	Lee County	S	Ashton	28 miles [45 km]
	McHenry County	NE	Chemung	22 miles [35 km]
	Ogle County	S	Davis Junction	10 miles [16 km]
	Stephenson County	W	Woodruff Corners	18 miles [28 km]
	Fond du Lac County (WI)	NW	Waupun (WI)	27 miles [43 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) Rockford. 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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