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Nearest Communities to Standard City,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Standard City.<1>

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

Standard City is located in Macoupin County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Macoupin County: Greene, Jersey, Madison, Montgomery, Morgan & Sangamon.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 190 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Standard City. Of these communities, 140 are located in counties other than Macoupin 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 Standard City (which is Macoupin 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 Standard City

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

  • Macoupin County   (where Standard City resides)
  • Bond County
  • Christian County
  • Greene County
    • County Seat for Greene:   Carrollton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Standard City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Standard City.
      • Fayette
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Fayette is located in Greene County
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      • Athensville
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Athensville is located in Greene County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athensville
      • Greenfield
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Rockbridge
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Kahm
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Kahm is located in Greene County
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      • Wrights
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Baum
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Baum is located in Greene County
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      • Jalapa
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Jalapa is located in Greene County
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  • Jersey County
  • Madison County
  • Montgomery County
  • Morgan County
    • County Website:   https://morgancounty-il.com/
    • County Seat for Morgan:   Jacksonville
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Standard City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Standard City.
      • Rohrer
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Rohrer is located in Morgan County
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      • Waverly
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Appalokia ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Appalokia is located in Morgan County
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      • Centerville
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Centerville is located in Morgan County
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      • Franklin
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Nortonville
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Nortonville is located in Morgan County
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      • Yeomans
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Yeomans is located in Morgan County
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      • Rees
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Rees is located in Morgan County
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      • Clements
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Clements is located in Morgan County
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      • Pisgah
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Alexander
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Murrayville
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Orleans
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Orleans is located in Morgan County
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      • Woodson
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Sangamon County
    • County Website:   https://sangamonil.gov/
    • County Seat for Sangamon:   Springfield
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Standard City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Standard City.
      • Lemmon ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Lemmon is located in Sangamon County
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      • Tower Heights
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Tower Heights is located in Sangamon County
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      • Thayer
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Lowder
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Auburn
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Compro
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Compro is located in Sangamon County
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      • Divernon
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Cimic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Cimic is located in Sangamon County
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      • Commanche Village
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Commanche Village is located in Sangamon County
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      • Pawnee Junction
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Pawnee Junction is located in Sangamon County
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      • Irwins Park
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Irwins Park is located in Sangamon County
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      • Pawnee
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Continue List   (38 more) ...
        • Glenarm
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Maxwell ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Chatham
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Loami
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Huffaker
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Huffaker is located in Sangamon County
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        • Prouty
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Prouty is located in Sangamon County
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        • Sudduth ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Sudduth is located in Sangamon County
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        • Beamington
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Beamington is located in Sangamon County
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        • Bates
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Bates is located in Sangamon County
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        • Cotton Hill
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Cotton Hill is located in Sangamon County
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        • Knapp
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Knapp is located in Sangamon County
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        • New City
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • New City is located in Sangamon County
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        • Curran
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • New Berlin
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Toronto
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Toronto is located in Sangamon County
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        • Woodside
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Browns Crossing
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Browns Crossing is located in Sangamon County
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        • Island Grove
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Island Grove is located in Sangamon County
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        • Cascade
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Cascade is located in Sangamon County
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        • Berlin
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Berlin is located in Sangamon County
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          • Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
        • Coleman
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Coleman is located in Sangamon County
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        • Southern View
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Southern View is located in Sangamon County
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          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,557 people
        • Archer
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Archer is located in Sangamon County
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        • Cody
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Cody is located in Sangamon County
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        • Iles
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Iles is located in Sangamon County
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        • Jerome
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Jerome is located in Sangamon County
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          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,575 people
        • Jess
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Jess is located in Sangamon County
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        • Mildred
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Mildred is located in Sangamon County
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        • Pasfield
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Southlawn
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Southlawn is located in Sangamon County
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        • West Grand Place
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • West Grand Place is located in Sangamon County
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        • Hawthorne Place
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Leland Grove
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Leland Grove is located in Sangamon County
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          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,451 people
        • Riddle Hill
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Riddle Hill is located in Sangamon County
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        • Shale Bluff
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Shale Bluff is located in Sangamon County
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        • Springfield
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Berry
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Berry is located in Sangamon County
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        • Breckenridge
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Breckenridge is located in Sangamon County
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Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Standard City) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.