Nearest Communities to Briggs Landing,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Briggs Landing, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Briggs Landing:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Briggs Landing is located in Schuyler County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Schuyler County: Adams, Brown, Cass, Fulton, Hancock, Mason & McDonough.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 163 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Briggs Landing. Of these communities, 143 are located in counties other than Schuyler County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Briggs Landing (which is Schuyler County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Briggs Landing
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Schuyler County (where Briggs Landing resides)
- County Website: https://www.schuylercounty.org/
- County Seat for Schuyler: Rushville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Briggs Landing ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Briggs Landing.
- Sugar Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Grove is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Frederick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Rushville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Scotts Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Scotts Mill is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Mill
- Browning
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bader
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bader is located in Schuyler County
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- Erwin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Erwin is located in Schuyler County
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- Hale Ridge ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hale Ridge is located in Schuyler County
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- Ray
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Ray is located in Schuyler County
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- Oakland Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Oakland Center is located in Schuyler County
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- Sheldons Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sheldons Grove is located in Schuyler County
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- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Littleton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Camden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wayland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wayland is located in Schuyler County
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- Bluff City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff City is located in Schuyler County
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- Brooklyn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brooklyn is located in Schuyler County
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- Mindale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mindale is located in Schuyler County
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- Huntsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Birmingham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Birmingham is located in Schuyler County
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- Adams County
- County Website: https://www.adamscountyil.gov/
- County Seat for Adams: Quincy
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Briggs Landing ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Briggs Landing.
- Kellerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Kellerville is located in Adams County
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- Clayton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Chestline
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chestline is located in Adams County
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- Blacks
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Blacks is located in Adams County
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- Spring Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Spring Valley is located in Adams County
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- La Prairie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Golden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Beverly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Beverly is located in Adams County
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- Kingston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kingston is located in Adams County
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- Camp Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Chatton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Chatton is located in Adams County
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- Brown County
- County Website: https://www.browncoil.org/
- County Seat for Brown: Mount Sterling
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Briggs Landing ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Briggs Landing.
- La Grange
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- La Grange is located in Brown County
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- Cooperstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cooperstown is located in Brown County
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- Ripley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ripley is located in Brown County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Gilbirds
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbirds is located in Brown County
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- Versailles
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hersman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hersman is located in Brown County
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- Mount Sterling
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jaques
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jaques is located in Brown County
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- Morrelville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Morrelville is located in Brown County
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- White Oak Springs ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- White Oak Springs is located in Brown County
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- Buckhorn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Buckhorn is located in Brown County
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- Damon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Damon is located in Brown County
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- Fargo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Fargo is located in Brown County
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- Mound Station
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mound Station is located in Brown County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Timewell
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Benville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Benville is located in Brown County
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- Ferguson Ford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ferguson Ford is located in Brown County
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- Siloam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Siloam is located in Brown County
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- Cass County
- County Website: https://co.cass.il.us/
- County Seat for Cass: Virginia
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Briggs Landing ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Briggs Landing.
- Beardstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Cass County
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- Hagener
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hagener is located in Cass County
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- Bluff Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Arenzville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Clear Lake is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Cass ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cass is located in Cass County
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- Jules
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Jules is located in Cass County
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- Virginia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Kisch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Kisch is located in Cass County
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- Anderson
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Anderson is located in Cass County
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- Little Indian
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Little Indian is located in Cass County
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- Burlingame
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Burlingame is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlingame
- Chandlerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Palmerton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Palmerton is located in Cass County
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- Old Princeton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Old Princeton is located in Cass County
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- Philadelphia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Philadelphia is located in Cass County
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- Sylvan ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sylvan is located in Cass County
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- Gurney ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Gurney is located in Cass County
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- Newmansville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Newmansville is located in Cass County
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- Ashland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fulton County
- County Website: https://fultoncountyil.gov/
- County Seat for Fulton: Lewistown
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Briggs Landing ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Briggs Landing.
- Astoria
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Leesburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Leesburg is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Vermont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Summum
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Summum is located in Fulton County
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- Marbletown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Marbletown is located in Fulton County
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- Beaty
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Beaty is located in Fulton County
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- Table Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Enion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Enion is located in Fulton County
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- Howard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Howard is located in Fulton County
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- Otto ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Otto is located in Fulton County
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- Ipava
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Duncan Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Duncan Mills is located in Fulton County
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- Bernadotte ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bernadotte is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernadotte
- Hancock County
- County Website: https://hancockcounty-il.gov/
- County Seat for Hancock: Carthage
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Briggs Landing ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Briggs Landing.
- Pulaski
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pulaski is located in Hancock County
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- Augusta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Plymouth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mason County
- County Website: https://masoncountyil.gov/
- County Seat for Mason: Havana
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Briggs Landing ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Briggs Landing.
- Snicarte
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Snicarte is located in Mason County
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- Wolf Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Wolf Lake is located in Mason County
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- Saidora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Saidora is located in Mason County
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- Moscow ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Mason County
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- White City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- White City is located in Mason County
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- Bath
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Matanzas Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Matanzas Beach is located in Mason County
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- Matanzas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Matanzas is located in Mason County
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- Lakewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lakewood is located in Mason County
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- Conover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Conover is located in Mason County
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- Kilbourne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Long Branch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Long Branch is located in Mason County
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- Kelsey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kelsey is located in Mason County
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- McDonough County
- County Website: http://mcg.mcdonough.il.us/
- County Seat for McDonough: Macomb
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Briggs Landing ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Briggs Landing.
- Doddsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Doddsville is located in McDonough County
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- Stewardsville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Stewardsville is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewardsville
- Industry
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pennington Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pennington Point is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Point
- Adair
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Shoo Fly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Shoo Fly is located in McDonough County
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- Fandon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fandon is located in McDonough County
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- Menard County
- County Website: https://menardcountyil.gov/
- County Seat for Menard: Petersburg
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Briggs Landing ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Briggs Landing.
- Bobtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bobtown is located in Menard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobtown
- Oakford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tallula
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Morgan County
- County Website: https://morgancounty-il.com/
- County Seat for Morgan: Jacksonville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Briggs Landing ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Briggs Landing.
- Shady Acres
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Shady Acres is located in Morgan County
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- Meredosia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Concord
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bethel is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Chapin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Morgan City ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Morgan City is located in Morgan County
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- Arcadia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia is located in Morgan County
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- Joy Prairie
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Joy Prairie is located in Morgan County
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- Literberry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Markham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Markham is located in Morgan County
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- Savage ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Savage is located in Morgan County
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- Lynnville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lynnville is located in Morgan County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Portuguese Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Portuguese Hill is located in Morgan County
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- Brownton ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Brownton is located in Morgan County
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- Jacksonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Jordanville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Jordanville is located in Morgan County
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- Sinclair
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sinclair is located in Morgan County
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- Strawns Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Strawns Crossing is located in Morgan County
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- South Jacksonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Jacksonville is located in Morgan County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,075 people
- Prentice
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Prentice is located in Morgan County
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- Yatesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Yatesville is located in Morgan County
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- Davis ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Davis is located in Morgan County
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- Arnold
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Arnold is located in Morgan County
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- Orleans
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Orleans is located in Morgan County
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- Woodson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pisgah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pisgah is located in Morgan County
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- Pike County
- County Website: https://www.pikecountyil.org/
- County Seat for Pike: Pittsfield
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Briggs Landing ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Briggs Landing.
- Chambersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Perry
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Valley City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Valley City is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14 people
- Wilson Ford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson Ford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Ford
- Griggsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fishhook
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Fishhook is located in Pike County
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- Maysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Maysville is located in Pike County
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- Florence
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Florence is located in Pike County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Detroit
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Detroit is located in Pike County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Dutton ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dutton is located in Pike County
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- New Salem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Salem is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Baylis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Sunny Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sunny Hill is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Hill
- Milton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Montezuma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Montezuma is located in Pike County
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- Pittsfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Scott County
- County Website: https://scottcoil.gov/
- County Seat for Scott: Winchester
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Briggs Landing ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Briggs Landing.
- Bluffs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Columbus ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Columbus is located in Scott County
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- Naples
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Exeter
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Exeter is located in Scott County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Merritt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Merritt is located in Scott County
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- Oxville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Oxville is located in Scott County
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- Phillips Ferry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Phillips Ferry is located in Scott County
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- Riggston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Riggston is located in Scott County
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- Bloomfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bloomfield is located in Scott County
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- Winchester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Alsey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Glasgow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Glasgow is located in Scott County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Briggs Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.
Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know. |
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