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Nearest Communities to Rardin,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Rardin is located in Coles County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Coles County: Clark, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie & Shelby.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 208 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Rardin. Of these communities, 176 are located in counties other than Coles 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 Rardin (which is Coles 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 Rardin

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

  • Coles County   (where Rardin resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.colesco.illinois.gov/
    • County Seat for Coles:   Charleston
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rardin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rardin.
      • Boyd Ford
        (Less than 2 miles to the east)
        • Boyd Ford is located in Coles County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Ford
      • Bushton
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Barney Ford
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
        • Barney Ford is located in Coles County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barney Ford
      • Saint Omer ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Saint Omer is located in Coles County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Omer
      • Fairgrange
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Fairgrange is located in Coles County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairgrange
      • Oakland
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Embarrass
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Embarrass is located in Coles County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embarrass
      • Ashmore
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Kings
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Kings is located in Coles County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings
      • Charleston
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Halls Ford
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Halls Ford is located in Coles County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Ford
      • Loxa
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Loxa is located in Coles County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loxa
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        • Humboldt
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Hutton
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Walker Ford
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
          • Walker Ford is located in Coles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Ford
        • Dorans
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Hanley Ford
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
          • Hanley Ford is located in Coles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Ford
        • Campbell
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
          • Campbell is located in Coles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
        • Rolling Green
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Rolling Green is located in Coles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Green
        • Jones
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Jones is located in Coles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
        • Lerna
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Mattoon
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Newby
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Newby is located in Coles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newby
        • Cooks Mills
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Lane Acres
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Lane Acres is located in Coles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Acres
        • Lipsey
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Lipsey is located in Coles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipsey
        • Magnet
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Fuller
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Fuller is located in Coles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
        • Trilla
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Wabash Point
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Wabash Point is located in Coles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash Point
        • Etna
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Etna is located in Coles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
        • Paradise
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Paradise is located in Coles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
  • Champaign County
  • Clark County
    • County Website:   https://www.clarkcountyil.org/
    • County Seat for Clark:   Marshall
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rardin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rardin.
      • Westfield
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Doyles
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Doyles is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles
      • Oilfield
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Cleone
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Clarksville
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Casey
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Cumberland
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Castle Fin
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Castle Fin is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Fin
      • Martinsville
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Adenmoor
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Adenmoor is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adenmoor
      • Clark Center
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Oakcrest
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Oakcrest is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakcrest
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        • Vandalia Crossing
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Vandalia Crossing is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandalia Crossing
        • Connelly Ford
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Connelly Ford is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connelly Ford
        • Golf Lakes
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Golf Lakes is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf Lakes
        • Griffin ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Griffin is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
        • Marshall
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • McKeen
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • McKeen is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKeen
        • Oak Point
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Fox Run
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Fox Run is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
        • Livingston
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Neadmore
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Neadmore is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neadmore
        • Dennison
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Moriah
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Moriah is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moriah
        • Allright
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Allright is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allright
        • Weir
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Weir is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir
        • Weaver
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Patton
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Patton is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
        • Hogue Town
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Hogue Town is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogue Town
        • Moonshine
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Moonshine is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonshine
        • Choctaw
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Choctaw is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw
        • Ernst
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Ernst is located in Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernst
  • Cumberland County
    • County Website:   https://cumberlandcoil.gov/
    • County Seat for Cumberland:   Toledo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rardin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rardin.
      • Diona
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • McCann Ford
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • McCann Ford is located in Cumberland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCann Ford
      • Janesville
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Maple Point
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Maple Point is located in Cumberland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Point
      • Union Center
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Johnstown
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Bradbury
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Rocky Ford
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Rocky Ford is located in Cumberland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
      • Timothy
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Vevay Park
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Vevay Park is located in Cumberland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vevay Park
      • Bowman Ford
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Bowman Ford is located in Cumberland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Ford
      • Greenup
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
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        • Toledo
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Toledo is located in Cumberland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Toledo <3>
        • Neal
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Neal is located in Cumberland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
        • Dees
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Dees is located in Cumberland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dees
        • Hazel Dell
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Liberty Hill
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Liberty Hill is located in Cumberland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
        • Neoga
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Cherwood Ford
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Cherwood Ford is located in Cumberland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherwood Ford
        • Jewett
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Walla Walla
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Roslyn
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Roslyn is located in Cumberland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslyn
        • Woodbury
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Woodbury is located in Cumberland County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
  • Douglas County
  • Edgar County
    • County Website:   https://edgarcountyillinois.com/
    • County Seat for Edgar:   Paris
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rardin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rardin.
      • New Athens ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • New Athens is located in Edgar County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Athens
      • Warrington
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Warrington is located in Edgar County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrington
      • Isabel
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Isabel is located in Edgar County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabel
      • Kansas
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Borton
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Catfish ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Catfish is located in Edgar County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
      • Brocton
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Dudley
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Dudley is located in Edgar County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
      • Redmon
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Grandview
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Conlogue
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Mays
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Mays is located in Edgar County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays
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        • Hughes
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Hughes is located in Edgar County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
        • McCown
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
          • McCown is located in Edgar County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCown
        • Melwood
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Melwood is located in Edgar County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melwood
        • Garland
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Garland is located in Edgar County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
        • Hume
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Bell Ridge
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Metcalf
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Harris
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Harris is located in Edgar County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
        • Paris
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Palermo
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Horace
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Horace is located in Edgar County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
        • Wetzel
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Wetzel is located in Edgar County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetzel
        • Hildreth
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Hildreth is located in Edgar County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hildreth
        • Oliver
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Edgar
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Edgar is located in Edgar County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
        • Bloomfield
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Cherry Point
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Cherry Point is located in Edgar County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Point
        • Nevins
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Kentucky
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Marley
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Marley is located in Edgar County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley
        • Chrisman
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Mortimer
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Mortimer is located in Edgar County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mortimer
        • Logan
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Vermilion
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Elbridge
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Ferrel
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Ferrel is located in Edgar County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrel
        • Mabel
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Mabel is located in Edgar County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
        • Scotts
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Scotts is located in Edgar County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
        • Clays Prairie
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Huffmanville
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Scottland
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Woodyard
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Woodyard is located in Edgar County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodyard
        • West Sandford
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • West Sandford is located in Edgar County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sandford
  • Jasper County
  • Moultrie County
    • County Website:   http://moultriecountyil.com/
    • County Seat for Moultrie:   Sullivan
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rardin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rardin.
      • Coles
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Cadwell
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Gays
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Gays is located in Moultrie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gays <3>
      • Allenville
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Allenville is located in Moultrie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
      • Fairbanks
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Fairbanks is located in Moultrie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
      • Chipps
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Chipps is located in Moultrie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipps
      • Bruce
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Bruce is located in Moultrie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
      • Williamsburg
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Williamsburg is located in Moultrie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
      • Sullivan
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Cushman
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Lanton
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Lanton is located in Moultrie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanton
      • Lovington
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Kirksville
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Kirksville is located in Moultrie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
  • Piatt County
  • Shelby County
  • Vermilion County
  • Vermillion County
  • Vigo County

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 from Point A (ie- Rardin) 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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