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Rockport, Illinois

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Quincy. It is located about 33 miles [53 km] to the northwest of Rockport and has a population of 40,366 people.<1>

The next largest community is Jacksonville. It is located about 43 miles [69 km] to the east of Rockport and has a population of 18,940 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Beardstown   NE44 mi [70.8 km]5,8591.61% increase
 Carrollton   SE36 mi [57.9 km]2,4605.57% decrease
 Jerseyville   SE46 mi [74 km]8,3734.87% increase
 Pittsfield   NE12 mi [19.31 km]4,4535.75% increase
 Rushville   NE46 mi [74 km]3,0963.61% decrease
 South Jacksonville   E42 mi [67.6 km]3,2506.47% decrease
 White Hall   E33 mi [53.1 km]2,4556.62% decrease
 Bowling Green (MO)   SW16 mi [25.75 km]5,28562.12% increase
 Hannibal (MO)   NW23 mi [37.01 km]17,4321.83% decrease
 Louisiana (MO)   SW7 mi [11.27 km]3,7682.46% decrease
 Monroe City (MO)   W39 mi [62.8 km]2,4734.44% decrease
 Palmyra (MO)   NW32 mi [51.5 km]3,4161.47% decrease
 Troy (MO)   S39 mi [62.8 km]12,27082.13% increase
 Warrenton (MO)   S49 mi [78.9 km]7,39840.09% increase
 Wentzville (MO)   S50 mi [80.5 km]23,768244.66% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Barry   N10 mi [16.09 km]1,2905.7% decrease
 Baylis   N14 mi [22.53 km]2447.92% decrease
 Detroit   E18 mi [28.97 km]867.53% decrease
 El Dara   N5 mi [8.05 km]827.87% decrease
 Hull   NW15 mi [24.14 km]4368.02% decrease
 Kinderhook   NW13 mi [20.92 km]2317.23% decrease
 Nebo   SE13 mi [20.92 km]3777.6% decrease
 New Canton   NW8 mi [12.87 km]3857.67% decrease
 New Salem   NE14 mi [22.53 km]1267.35% decrease
 Pleasant Hill   SE9 mi [14.48 km]9707.35% decrease
 Time   E15 mi [24.14 km]276.9% decrease
 Ashburn (MO)   W8 mi [12.87 km]---
 Clarksville (MO)   SE12 mi [19.31 km]4971.43% increase
 Frankford (MO)   W16 mi [25.75 km]3551.14% increase
 Tarrants (MO)   SW15 mi [24.14 km]---

Pike County

Rockport is located in Pike County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pike: Adams, Brown, Scott, Morgan, Greene, Calhoun, Pike (MO), Ralls (MO) and Marion (MO). Although it doesn't share a border with Pike, Lincoln (MO) it is close to Rockport.

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Rockport
 Adams County   NBeverly17 miles [27 km]
 Brown County   NFerguson Ford22 miles [35 km]
 Calhoun County   SEBelleview17 miles [27 km]
 Greene County   EGrand Pass22 miles [35 km]
 Jersey County   SESpankey34 miles [54 km]
 Morgan County   NEMeredosia31 miles [49 km]
 Scott County   NEPhillips Ferry22 miles [35 km]
 Audrain County (MO)   SWVandalia (MO)30 miles [48 km]
 Lincoln County (MO)   SHobart (MO)23 miles [37 km]
 Marion County (MO)   NWCave City (MO)20 miles [32 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) Rockport. 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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Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
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 Rockport.

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