Springfield, Illinois

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

The next largest community is Decatur. It is located about 38 miles [61 km] to the east of Springfield and has a population of 81,860 people.^<1>

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Auburn	S	14 mi [22.53 km]	4,362	1.04% increase
	Beardstown	W	44 mi [70.8 km]	5,859	1.61% increase
	Carlinville	S	36 mi [57.9 km]	5,962	4.87% increase
	Chatham	S	7 mi [11.27 km]	10,676	24.39% increase
	Clinton	NE	44 mi [70.8 km]	7,154	4.42% decrease
	Havana	NW	41 mi [66 km]	3,328	6.96% decrease
	Hillsboro	S	41 mi [66 km]	6,164	41.41% increase
	Jacksonville	W	30 mi [48.28 km]	19,415	2.51% increase
	Lincoln	NE	30 mi [48.28 km]	14,541	5.39% decrease
	Litchfield	S	41 mi [66 km]	6,647	2.47% decrease
	Mount Zion	E	40 mi [64.4 km]	5,159	6.48% increase
	Pana	SE	40 mi [64.4 km]	5,718	1.85% increase
	South Jacksonville	W	30 mi [48.28 km]	3,250	6.47% decrease
	Taylorville	SE	23 mi [37.01 km]	12,238	7.1% increase
	Virden	S	19 mi [30.58 km]	3,364	3.56% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Cantrall	N	11 mi [17.7 km]	133	4.32% decrease
	Clear Lake	NE	5 mi [8.05 km]	247	7.49% decrease
	Commanche Village	S	12 mi [19.31 km]	---
	Curran	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Dawson	NE	11 mi [17.7 km]	462	0.86% decrease
	Grandview	NE	3 mi [4.83 km]	1,410	8.26% decrease
	Jerome	W	Less than 2 mi	1,294	8.49% decrease
	Leland Grove	W	Less than 2 mi	1,443	9.36% decrease
	Loami	SW	12 mi [19.31 km]	781	2.86% decrease
	New City	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]	---
	Riverton	NE	7 mi [11.27 km]	2,989	1.94% decrease
	Rochester	E	6 mi [9.66 km]	3,236	11.86% increase
	Sherman	N	8 mi [12.87 km]	3,827	33.3% increase
	Southern View	S	Less than 2 mi	1,642	3.13% decrease
	Spaulding	NE	8 mi [12.87 km]	821	46.87% increase

Sangamon County

Springfield is located in Sangamon County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sangamon: Christian, Logan, Macon, Macoupin, Menard, Montgomery and Morgan.

While not sharing a border with Sangamon, the counties of Cass and Mason are close to Springfield.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Springfield
	Cass County	NW	Ashland	20 miles [32 km]
	Christian County	E	Roby	13 miles [20 km]
	De Witt County	NE	Kenney	37 miles [59 km]
	Greene County	SW	Athensville	35 miles [56 km]
	Logan County	NE	Mount Fulcher	16 miles [25 km]
	Macon County	E	Niantic	26 miles [41 km]
	Macoupin County	S	Virden	19 miles [30 km]
	Mason County	N	Luther	29 miles [46 km]
	Menard County	N	Athens	13 miles [20 km]
	Montgomery County	S	White Oak	18 miles [28 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Illinois<3>

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned 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) Springfield. 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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