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Nearest Communities to Mansfield,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small village 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.

Mansfield is located in Piatt County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Piatt County: Champaign, De Witt, Douglas, Macon, McLean & Moultrie.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 168 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Mansfield. Of these communities, 144 are located in counties other than Piatt 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 Mansfield (which is Piatt 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 Mansfield

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

  • Piatt County   (where Mansfield resides)
    • County Website:   https://piatt.gov/
    • County Seat for Piatt:   Monticello
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Mansfield   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Mansfield.
      • Blue Ridge
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Blue Ridge is also located in Piatt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge
      • Galesville
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Galesville is also located in Piatt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesville
      • Harris
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
        • Harris is also located in Piatt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
      • Centerville
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Centerville is also located in Piatt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
      • Lodge
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Lodge is also located in Piatt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodge
      • White Heath
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Combs
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Combs is also located in Piatt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs
      • De Land
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Monticello
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Amenia
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Amenia is also located in Piatt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amenia
      • Cisco
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Cisco is also located in Piatt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisco
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cisco <3>
      • Piatt
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Piatt is also located in Piatt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piatt
      • Continue List   (12 more) ...
  • Champaign County
  • De Witt County
  • Douglas County
  • Ford County
  • Iroquois County
  • Livingston County
  • Macon County
    • County Website:   https://maconcounty.illinois.gov/
    • County Seat for Macon:   Decatur
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Mansfield   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Mansfield.
      • Argenta
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Newburg
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Newburg is located in Macon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
      • Chapin
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Chapin is located in Macon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapin
      • Maroa
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Oreana
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Emery
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Emery is located in Macon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emery
      • Oakley
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Faries Park ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Faries Park was located in Macon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faries Park
      • Larkdale
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Larkdale is located in Macon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkdale
      • Sangamon
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • McLean County
    • County Website:   https://www.mcleancountyil.gov/
    • County Seat for McLean:   Bloomington
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Mansfield   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Mansfield.
      • Osman
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Osman is located in McLean County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osman
      • Troster
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Troster is located in McLean County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troster
      • Kumler
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Bellflower
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Laurette
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Glen Avon
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • McNulta
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • McNulta is located in McLean County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNulta
      • Empire
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Empire is located in McLean County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
      • Sabina
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Sabina is located in McLean County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabina
      • Saybrook
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Le Roy
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Arrowsmith
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Continue List   (26 more) ...
        • Ellsworth
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Padua
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Padua is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padua
        • Holder
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Holder is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holder
        • Bentown
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Bentown is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentown
        • Anchor
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Downs
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Gillum
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Colfax
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Cooksville
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Shamrock
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Shamrock is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
        • Heyworth
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Littleville ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Littleville was located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
        • Brokaw
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Brokaw is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brokaw
        • Fletcher
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Fletcher is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
        • Merna
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Cropsey
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Randolph
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Randolph is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
        • Barnes
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Barnes is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes
        • Burns
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Burns is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
        • Colonial Meadows
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Colonial Meadows is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Meadows
        • Hendrix
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Hendrix is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrix
        • Hawthorne Hills
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Hawthorne Hills is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne Hills
        • Eagle Ridge
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Eagle Ridge is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Ridge
        • Hedgewood
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Hedgewood is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgewood
        • North Pointe
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • North Pointe is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pointe
        • Pleasant Hill
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Pleasant Hill is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mansfield) 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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