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Viola, Illinois

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Davenport (IA). It is located about 24 miles [38 km] to the north of Viola and has a population of 98,359 people.<1>

The next largest community is Moline. It is located about 19 miles [30 km] to the north of Viola and has a population of 43,768 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Bettendorf (IA)   N25 mi [40.23 km]32,5844.19% increase
 Burlington (IA)   SW39 mi [62.8 km]25,3275.63% decrease
 Clinton (IA)   N47 mi [75.6 km]26,4074.92% decrease
 De Witt (IA)   N42 mi [67.6 km]5,2604.18% increase
 Muscatine (IA)   NW29 mi [46.67 km]22,5040.85% decrease
 Colona   NE21 mi [33.8 km]5,2321.14% increase
 East Moline   N21 mi [33.8 km]20,8922.75% increase
 Galesburg   SE20 mi [32.19 km]31,1817.49% decrease
 Geneseo   NE28 mi [45.06 km]6,4370.66% decrease
 Kewanee   E34 mi [54.7 km]12,3024.96% decrease
 Macomb   S50 mi [80.5 km]19,7366.35% increase
 Milan   N16 mi [25.75 km]5,1863.03% decrease
 Monmouth   S20 mi [32.19 km]9,3215.28% decrease
 Rock Island   N18 mi [28.97 km]38,1393.89% decrease
 Silvis   NE22 mi [35.41 km]7,7706.89% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Aledo   W8 mi [12.87 km]3,5651.33% decrease
 Alexis   S9 mi [14.48 km]7977.65% decrease
 Alpha   E10 mi [16.09 km]6835.92% decrease
 Coyne Center   N13 mi [20.92 km]---
 Matherville   N3 mi [4.83 km]7492.98% decrease
 North Henderson   SE9 mi [14.48 km]1813.21% decrease
 Oak Grove   N14 mi [22.53 km]69946.97% decrease
 Reynolds   NW9 mi [14.48 km]4825.12% decrease
 Rio   SE11 mi [17.7 km]2217.92% decrease
 Seaton   SW13 mi [20.92 km]2266.61% decrease
 Shale City   W2 mi [3.22 km]---
 Shanghai City   SE11 mi [17.7 km]---
 Sherrard   NE8 mi [12.87 km]6457.06% decrease
 Windsor   E7 mi [11.27 km]6815.42% decrease
 Woodhull   E13 mi [20.92 km]7902.35% decrease

Mercer County

Viola is located in Mercer County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mercer: Rock Island, Henry, Knox, Henderson, Warren, Des Moines (IA) and Louisa (IA).

While not sharing a border with Mercer, the counties of Scott (IA) and Muscatine (IA) are close to Viola.

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Viola
 Cedar County (IA)   NWDurant (IA)32 miles [51 km]
 Clinton County (IA)   NBuena Vista (IA)37 miles [59 km]
 Des Moines County (IA)   SWHuron (IA)26 miles [41 km]
 Louisa County (IA)   WOakville (IA)24 miles [38 km]
 Muscatine County (IA)   NWMontpelier (IA)20 miles [32 km]
 Scott County (IA)   NLinwood (IA)18 miles [28 km]
 Fulton County   SAvon38 miles [61 km]
 Henderson County   SWBald Bluff18 miles [28 km]
 Henry County   EAlpha10 miles [16 km]
 Knox County   SERio11 miles [17 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) Viola. 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 Viola.

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