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Shawneetown, Illinois

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Evansville (IN). It is located about 39 miles [62 km] to the northeast of Shawneetown and has a population of 121,582 people.<1>

The next largest community is Henderson (KY). It is located about 33 miles [53 km] to the east of Shawneetown and has a population of 27,373 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Benton   NW45 mi [72.4 km]6,9571.12% increase
 Carmi   N25 mi [40.23 km]5,2034.04% decrease
 Carterville   W49 mi [78.9 km]5,44117.87% increase
 Eldorado   NW15 mi [24.14 km]4,3923.13% decrease
 Fairfield   N46 mi [74 km]5,1654.72% decrease
 Harrisburg   W19 mi [30.58 km]9,5822.82% decrease
 Herrin   W46 mi [74 km]12,3379.2% increase
 Johnston City   W41 mi [66 km]3,4772.25% decrease
 Marion   W40 mi [64.4 km]17,3888.44% increase
 Metropolis   SW48 mi [77.2 km]6,5400.89% increase
 West Frankfort   W42 mi [67.6 km]8,190---
 Mount Vernon (IN)   NE21 mi [33.8 km]6,9806.66% decrease
 Madisonville (KY)   SE45 mi [72.4 km]19,1061.04% decrease
 Princeton (KY)   S45 mi [72.4 km]6,3982.11% decrease
 Providence (KY)   SE32 mi [51.5 km]3,4195.32% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Cave-In-Rock   S17 mi [27.36 km]30711.27% decrease
 Equality   W8 mi [12.87 km]6687.35% decrease
 Gaskins City   W18 mi [28.97 km]---
 Junction   W3 mi [4.83 km]1297.19% decrease
 Muddy   W18 mi [28.97 km]736.41% decrease
 New Haven   N13 mi [20.92 km]4427.34% decrease
 Old Shawneetown   SE2 mi [3.22 km]2587.19% decrease
 Omaha   NW13 mi [20.92 km]2447.22% decrease
 Ridgway   NW7 mi [11.27 km]8607.33% decrease
 Saline City   NW15 mi [24.14 km]---
 Texas City   NW16 mi [25.75 km]---
 Breckinridge Center (KY)   E17 mi [27.36 km]---
 Morganfield (KY)   E15 mi [24.14 km]3,2945.72% decrease
 Sturgis (KY)   SE15 mi [24.14 km]1,9255.17% decrease
 Uniontown (KY)   E14 mi [22.53 km]1,0204.14% decrease

Gallatin County

Shawneetown is located in Gallatin County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Gallatin: White, Posey (IN), Union (KY), Hardin, Saline and Hamilton.

While not sharing a border with Gallatin, the following counties are close to Shawneetown: Pope, Crittenden (KY) and Webster (KY).

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Shawneetown
 Edwards County   NGrayville38 miles [61 km]
 Franklin County   NWFerber33 miles [53 km]
 Hamilton County   NWBroughton21 miles [33 km]
 Hardin County   SSaline Tip Ferry8 miles [12 km]
 Johnson County   WNew Burnside33 miles [53 km]
 Perry County   WCorinth33 miles [53 km]
 Pope County   SWHerod16 miles [25 km]
 Saline County   WHorseshoe10 miles [16 km]
 Wayne County   NMill Shoals37 miles [59 km]
 White County   NRoland15 miles [24 km]



Search for Local Businesses

People are finding 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) Shawneetown. 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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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 Shawneetown.

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