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Venice, Illinois

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Saint Louis (MO). It lies just southwest of Venice and has a population of 348,189 people.<1>

The next largest community is Saint Charles (MO). It is located about 20 miles [32 km] to the northwest of Venice and has a population of 60,321 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Alton   N15 mi [24.14 km]29,3933.62% decrease
 Belleville   SE14 mi [22.53 km]41,0970.76% decrease
 Collinsville   E8 mi [12.87 km]25,9605.07% increase
 East Saint Louis   SE4 mi [6.44 km]28,7738.78% decrease
 Granite City   NE4 mi [6.44 km]30,7031.91% decrease
 Ballwin (MO)   W21 mi [33.8 km]30,0334% decrease
 Chesterfield (MO)   W22 mi [35.41 km]46,0641.58% decrease
 Florissant (MO)   NW12 mi [19.31 km]50,5610.13% increase
 Hazelwood (MO)   NW14 mi [22.53 km]25,3453.29% decrease
 Kirkwood (MO)   SW15 mi [24.14 km]26,7602.06% decrease
 Maryland Heights (MO)   W16 mi [25.75 km]25,9490.75% increase
 O'Fallon (MO)   W30 mi [48.28 km]76,81966.39% increase
 Saint Peters (MO)   W24 mi [38.62 km]55,5008.02% increase
 University City (MO)   W8 mi [12.87 km]36,2893.04% decrease
 Wildwood (MO)   W27 mi [43.45 km]34,1953.99% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Alorton   SE6 mi [9.66 km]2,5268.11% decrease
 Brooklyn   SLess than 2 mi6208.28% decrease
 Fairmont City   E3 mi [4.83 km]2,2447.88% decrease
 Madison   E3 mi [4.83 km]4,5540.2% increase
 National City   SLess than 2 mi---
 Pontoon Beach   NE6 mi [9.66 km]6,0818.2% increase
 Sauget   S5 mi [8.05 km]2374.82% decrease
 Washington Park   SE5 mi [8.05 km]5,5583.99% increase
 Bellefontaine Neighbors (MO)   NW6 mi [9.66 km]10,2419.14% decrease
 Beverly Hills (MO)   W6 mi [9.66 km]5587.46% decrease
 Country Club Hills (MO)   NW6 mi [9.66 km]1,2807.31% decrease
 Flordell Hills (MO)   NW6 mi [9.66 km]8617.52% decrease
 Glasgow Village (MO)   N5 mi [8.05 km]---
 Pine Lawn (MO)   W5 mi [8.05 km]3,9875.16% decrease
 Riverview (MO)   NW5 mi [8.05 km]2,9187.25% decrease

Madison County

Venice is located in Madison County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Madison: Bond, Clinton, Jersey, Macoupin, Montgomery, Saint Charles (MO), Saint Clair, Saint Louis City (MO) and Saint Louis (MO).

While not sharing a border with Madison, the following counties are close to Venice: Monroe, Jefferson (MO) and Calhoun.

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Venice
 Bond County   NEOld Ripley35 miles [56 km]
 Calhoun County   NWThe Crossroads26 miles [41 km]
 Clinton County   ENew Baden26 miles [41 km]
 Greene County   NKane37 miles [59 km]
 Jersey County   NLockhaven19 miles [30 km]
 Macoupin County   NMiles Station27 miles [43 km]
 Monroe County   SColumbia14 miles [22 km]
 Randolph County   SRed Bud33 miles [53 km]
 Saint Clair County   SBrooklyn1 miles [1 km]
 Washington County   SEVenedy Station33 miles [53 km]



Search for Local Businesses

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) Venice. 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.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
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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Off-the-Road Links

The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Venice:

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Panoramio.com

Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Venice? Please visit the Map Page for Venice.


Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Venice.

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