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Nearest Communities to Jacksonville,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 north contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Please note 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.

Jacksonville is located in Morgan County and is the County Seat.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Morgan County: Brown, Cass, Greene, Macoupin, Pike, Sangamon & Scott.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 186 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Jacksonville. Of these communities, 150 are located in counties other than Morgan 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 Jacksonville (which is Morgan 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 Jacksonville

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

  • Morgan County   (where Jacksonville resides)
    • County Website:   https://morgancounty-il.com/
    • County Seat for Morgan:   Jacksonville
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Jacksonville   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Jacksonville.
      • Portuguese Hill
        (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
        • Portuguese Hill is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portuguese Hill
      • Brownton ‑ Historic
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Brownton is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownton
      • South Jacksonville
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
        • South Jacksonville is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Jacksonville
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,075 people
      • Savage ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Savage is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
      • Davis ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
        • Davis is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
      • Arnold
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Strawns Crossing
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Strawns Crossing is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawns Crossing
      • Joy Prairie
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Joy Prairie is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy Prairie
      • Markham
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Markham is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markham
      • Orleans
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Orleans is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
      • Arcadia
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Sinclair
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Sinclair is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinclair
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        • Woodson
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Pisgah
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Lynnville
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Lynnville is located in Morgan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnville
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
        • Literberry
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Clements
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
          • Clements is located in Morgan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clements
        • Concord
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Rees
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Rees is located in Morgan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rees
        • Chapin
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Alexander
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Murrayville
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Bethel
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
          • Bethel is located in Morgan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
        • Morgan City ‑ Historic
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Jordanville ‑ Historic
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Jordanville is located in Morgan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordanville
        • Yatesville
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Yatesville is located in Morgan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
        • Yeomans
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Yeomans is located in Morgan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeomans
        • Nortonville
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
          • Nortonville is located in Morgan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nortonville
        • Franklin
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Prentice
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Appalokia ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Appalokia is located in Morgan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appalokia
        • Centerville
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Centerville is located in Morgan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
        • Waverly
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Shady Acres
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
          • Shady Acres is located in Morgan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Acres
        • Meredosia
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Rohrer
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Rohrer is located in Morgan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rohrer
  • Brown County
  • Cass County
  • Greene County
    • County Seat for Greene:   Carrollton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Jacksonville   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Jacksonville.
      • Barrow
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Barrow is located in Greene County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrow
      • Roodhouse
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Athensville
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Athensville is located in Greene County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athensville
      • Hanks Station
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Hanks Station is located in Greene County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanks Station
      • Patterson
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • White Hall
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Wilmington
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Wilmington is located in Greene County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
      • Wrights
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • McClay Orchard
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • McClay Orchard is located in Greene County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClay Orchard
      • Hillview
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Belltown
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Berdan
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Berdan is located in Greene County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berdan
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        • Greenfield
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Grand Pass
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Grand Pass is located in Greene County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Pass
        • Walkerville
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Baum
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Baum is located in Greene County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baum
        • Fayette
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Fayette is located in Greene County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
        • Kahm
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Kahm is located in Greene County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kahm
        • Pegram
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Pegram is located in Greene County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pegram
        • Haypress
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Haypress is located in Greene County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haypress
  • Macoupin County
  • Mason County
    • County Website:   https://masoncountyil.gov/
    • County Seat for Mason:   Havana
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Jacksonville   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Jacksonville.
      • Wolf Lake
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Wolf Lake is located in Mason County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
      • Saidora
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Saidora is located in Mason County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saidora
      • Snicarte
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • White City
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • White City is located in Mason County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
      • Moscow ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Moscow is located in Mason County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
  • Menard County
    • County Website:   https://menardcountyil.gov/
    • County Seat for Menard:   Petersburg
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Jacksonville   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Jacksonville.
      • Tallula
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Loyd
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Loyd is located in Menard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyd
      • Hill Top
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Hill Top is located in Menard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top
      • Bobtown
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Bobtown is located in Menard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobtown
      • Lewisburg
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Lewisburg is located in Menard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
      • New Salem ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • New Salem is located in Menard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
      • Atterberry
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Atterberry is located in Menard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atterberry
      • Hilltop
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Hilltop is located in Menard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
      • Old Salem Chautauqua
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Old Salem Chautauqua is located in Menard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Salem Chautauqua
      • Petersburg
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Tice
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Tice is located in Menard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tice
      • Oakford
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Pike County
  • Sangamon County
    • County Website:   https://sangamonil.gov/
    • County Seat for Sangamon:   Springfield
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Jacksonville   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Jacksonville.
      • Browns Crossing
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Browns Crossing is located in Sangamon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Crossing
      • Island Grove
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Island Grove is located in Sangamon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Grove
      • Huffaker
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Huffaker is located in Sangamon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffaker
      • New Berlin
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Prouty
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Prouty is located in Sangamon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prouty
      • Berlin
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Berlin is located in Sangamon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
      • Maxwell ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Claysville
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Claysville is located in Sangamon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
      • Pleasant Plains
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Bates
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Bates is located in Sangamon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
      • Loami
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Knapp
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Knapp is located in Sangamon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
      • Continue List   (29 more) ...
        • Pasfield
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Richland
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Richland is located in Sangamon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
        • Sudduth ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Sudduth is located in Sangamon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudduth
        • Farmingdale
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Farmingdale is located in Sangamon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmingdale
        • Lowder
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Curran
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Riddle Hill
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Riddle Hill is located in Sangamon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddle Hill
        • Compro
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Compro is located in Sangamon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compro
        • Salisbury
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Archer
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Archer is located in Sangamon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
        • Bradfordton
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Bradfordton is located in Sangamon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradfordton
        • Cody
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Cody is located in Sangamon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
        • Auburn
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Irwins Park
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Irwins Park is located in Sangamon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwins Park
        • Lemmon ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Lemmon is located in Sangamon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemmon
        • Bando
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Bando is located in Sangamon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bando
        • Chatham
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Coleman
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Coleman is located in Sangamon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
        • Thayer
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Tower Heights
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Tower Heights is located in Sangamon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Heights
        • Jerome
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Jerome is located in Sangamon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,575 people
        • Jess
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Jess is located in Sangamon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jess
        • Leland Grove
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Leland Grove is located in Sangamon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland Grove
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,451 people
        • West Grand Place
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • West Grand Place is located in Sangamon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Grand Place
        • Woodside
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Hawthorne Place
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Iles
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Iles is located in Sangamon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iles
        • Southern View
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Southern View is located in Sangamon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southern View
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,557 people
        • Springfield
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Schuyler County
  • Scott County
    • County Website:   https://scottcoil.gov/
    • County Seat for Scott:   Winchester
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Jacksonville   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Jacksonville.
      • Merritt
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Merritt is located in Scott County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merritt
      • Riggston
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Riggston is located in Scott County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggston
      • Manchester
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Winchester
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Exeter
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Exeter is located in Scott County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
      • Alsey
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bluffs
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Oxville
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Glasgow
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Bloomfield
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Bloomfield is located in Scott County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
      • Columbus ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Columbus is located in Scott County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
      • Naples
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Phillips Ferry
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Phillips Ferry is located in Scott County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Ferry
      • Bridgeport ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Bridgeport is located in Scott County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jacksonville) 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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