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Nearest Communities to Foosland,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Foosland, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Foosland:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small village in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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 starting from Foosland.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Foosland is located in Champaign County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Champaign County: Douglas, Edgar, Ford, McLean, Piatt & Vermilion.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 151 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Foosland. Of these communities, 104 are located in counties other than Champaign 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 Foosland (which is Champaign 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 Foosland

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Champaign County   (where Foosland resides)
  • De Witt County
  • Ford County
  • Iroquois County
  • Livingston County
  • McLean County
    • County Website:   https://www.mcleancountyil.gov/
    • County Seat for McLean:   Bloomington
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Foosland   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Foosland.
      • Troster
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Troster is located in McLean County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troster
      • McNulta
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • McNulta is located in McLean County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNulta
      • Osman
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Osman is located in McLean County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osman
      • Bellflower
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Saybrook
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Laurette
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Glen Avon
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Kumler
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Sabina
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Sabina is located in McLean County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabina
      • Arrowsmith
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Anchor
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Empire
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Empire is located in McLean County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
      • Continue List   (34 more) ...
        • Ellsworth
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Cropsey
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Colfax
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Le Roy
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Padua
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Padua is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padua
        • Cooksville
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Holder
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Holder is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holder
        • Fletcher
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Fletcher is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
        • Bentown
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Bentown is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentown
        • Merna
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Pleasant Hill
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Pleasant Hill is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
        • Downs
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Brokaw
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Brokaw is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brokaw
        • Gillum
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Shamrock
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Shamrock is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
        • Barnes
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Barnes is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes
        • Lexington
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Timber Ridge
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Timber Ridge is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
        • Colonial Meadows
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Colonial Meadows is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Meadows
        • Hawthorne Hills
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Hawthorne Hills is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne Hills
        • Littleville ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Littleville is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
        • Weston
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Towanda
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Eagle Ridge
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Eagle Ridge is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Ridge
        • Hedgewood
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Hedgewood is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgewood
        • North Pointe
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • North Pointe is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pointe
        • Clarksville
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Clarksville is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
        • Burns
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Burns is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
        • Greenbriar
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Greenbriar is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbriar
        • Hendrix
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Hendrix is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrix
        • Heyworth
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Randolph
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Randolph is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
        • Chenoa
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Bloomington
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Piatt County
    • County Website:   https://piatt.gov/
    • County Seat for Piatt:   Monticello
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Foosland   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Foosland.
      • Blue Ridge
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Blue Ridge is located in Piatt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge
      • Mansfield
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Harris
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Harris is located in Piatt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
      • Galesville
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Galesville is located in Piatt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesville
      • Centerville
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Centerville is located in Piatt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
      • Lodge
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Lodge is located in Piatt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodge
      • White Heath
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Combs
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Combs is located in Piatt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs
      • De Land
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Monticello
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Amenia
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Amenia is located in Piatt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amenia
      • Cisco
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Piatt
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Piatt is located in Piatt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piatt
  • Vermilion County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Foosland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

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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