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Nearest Communities to Timber Ridge,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Timber Ridge.<1>

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


Timber Ridge is located in McLean County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of McLean County: Champaign, De Witt, Ford, Livingston, Logan, Piatt, Tazewell & Woodford.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 147 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Timber Ridge. Of these communities, 84 are located in counties other than McLean 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 Timber Ridge (which is McLean 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 Timber Ridge

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

  • McLean County   (where Timber Ridge resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.mcleancountyil.gov/
    • County Seat for McLean:   Bloomington
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Timber Ridge   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Timber Ridge.
      • Lexington
        (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Clarksville
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
        • Clarksville is located in McLean County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
      • Pleasant Hill
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Pleasant Hill is located in McLean County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
      • Meadows
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Meadows is located in McLean County
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      • Fletcher
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Fletcher is located in McLean County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
      • Cooksville
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Towanda
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Chenoa
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Gridley
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Merna
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Colfax
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Barnes
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Barnes is located in McLean County
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        • Eagle Ridge
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Eagle Ridge is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Ridge
        • Hawthorne Hills
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Hawthorne Hills is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne Hills
        • Hudson
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Weston
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Weston is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
        • Enright
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Enright is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enright
        • Bentown
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
          • Bentown is located in McLean County
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        • Greenbriar
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Greenbriar is located in McLean County
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        • Hedgewood
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Hedgewood is located in McLean County
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        • Kerrick
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Kerrick is located in McLean County
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        • North Pointe
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
          • North Pointe is located in McLean County
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        • Holder
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
          • Holder is located in McLean County
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        • Padua
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
          • Padua is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padua
        • Colonial Meadows
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Colonial Meadows is located in McLean County
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        • Brokaw
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
          • Brokaw is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brokaw
        • Ellsworth
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Cardinal Court
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
          • Cardinal Court is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardinal Court
        • Normal
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Anchor
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Bloomington
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Shamrock
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
          • Shamrock is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
        • Arrowsmith
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Yuton
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Yuton is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuton
        • Cropsey
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Gillum
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
          • Gillum is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillum
        • Bloomington Heights
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Bloomington Heights is located in McLean County
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        • Downs
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Hendrix
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Hendrix is located in McLean County
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        • Twin Grove
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Twin Grove is located in McLean County
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        • Carlock
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Burns
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Burns is located in McLean County
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        • Le Roy
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Saybrook
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Covell
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Covell is located in McLean County
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        • Randolph
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Randolph is located in McLean County
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        • Shirley
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Danvers
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Danvers is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danvers
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,093 people
          • Danvers has also been known as:
          • Danver
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danvers <3>
        • Littleville ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Littleville is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
        • Sabina
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Sabina is located in McLean County
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        • Glen Avon
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Glen Avon is located in McLean County
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        • Empire
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Empire is located in McLean County
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        • Woodruff
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Woodruff is located in McLean County
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        • Bellflower
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • McNulta
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • McNulta is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNulta
        • Heyworth
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Laurette
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Laurette is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurette
        • Funks Grove
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Funks Grove is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funks Grove
        • Kumler
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Kumler is located in McLean County
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        • Stanford
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Troster
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Troster is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troster
        • Osman
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Osman is located in McLean County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osman
        • McLean
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Champaign County
  • De Witt County
    • County Website:   https://www.dewittcountyil.gov/
    • County Seat for De Witt:   Clinton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Timber Ridge   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Timber Ridge.
      • Watkins
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Watkins is located in De Witt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins
      • Solomon
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Solomon is located in De Witt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solomon
      • Weedman
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Weedman is located in De Witt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weedman
      • Bucks
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Bucks is located in De Witt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks
      • Carle Springs
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Carle Springs is located in De Witt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carle Springs
      • Farmer City
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Parnell
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Parnell is located in De Witt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
      • Fullerton
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Fullerton is located in De Witt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullerton
      • Wapella
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Ford County
    • County Website:   https://fordcounty.illinois.gov/
    • County Seat for Ford:   Paxton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Timber Ridge   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Timber Ridge.
      • Sibley
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Garber
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Garber is located in Ford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garber
      • Derby
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Derby is located in Ford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
      • Harpster
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Harpster is located in Ford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpster
      • Gibson City
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Gibson City is located in Ford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson City
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,275 people
        • Gibson City has also been known as:
        • Gibson
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gibson City <3>
      • Guthrie
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Guthrie is located in Ford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
      • Proctor
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Proctor is located in Ford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
      • Melvin
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Elliott
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • La Salle County
  • Livingston County
    • County Website:   https://www.livingstoncountyil.gov/
    • County Seat for Livingston:   Pontiac
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Timber Ridge   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Timber Ridge.
      • Waldo
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Waldo is located in Livingston County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
      • Ocoya
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Ocoya is located in Livingston County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocoya
      • Flanagan
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Graymont
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Champlin
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Champlin is located in Livingston County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champlin
      • Fairbury
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Rooks Creek
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Rooks Creek is located in Livingston County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rooks Creek
      • Lodemia
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Lodemia is located in Livingston County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodemia
      • McDowell
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • McDowell is located in Livingston County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDowell
      • Avoca ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Avoca is located in Livingston County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
      • Pontiac
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Pontiac is located in Livingston County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontiac
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,176 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pontiac <3>
      • Risk
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Risk is located in Livingston County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risk
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        • Forrest
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Strawn
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Rowe
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
          • Rowe is located in Livingston County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe
        • Cayuga
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Cayuga is located in Livingston County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
        • Swygert
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Swygert is located in Livingston County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swygert
        • Cereal
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Cereal is located in Livingston County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cereal
        • Cornell
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Wing
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Wing is located in Livingston County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing
        • Long Point
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Rugby
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Rugby is located in Livingston County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
        • Eylar
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Eylar is located in Livingston County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eylar
        • Chatsworth
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Saunemin
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Ancona
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Scovel
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Scovel is located in Livingston County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scovel
        • Manville
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Manville is located in Livingston County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manville
        • New Michigan ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • New Michigan is located in Livingston County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Michigan
        • Reading
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Reading is located in Livingston County
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        • Charlotte
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Charlotte is located in Livingston County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
        • Odell
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Odell is located in Livingston County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 957 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Odell <3>
        • Griswold
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Griswold is located in Livingston County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold
        • Loretto
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Loretto is located in Livingston County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
  • Marshall County
  • Piatt County
  • Tazewell County
    • County Website:   https://tazewell-il.gov/
    • County Seat for Tazewell:   Pekin
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Timber Ridge   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Timber Ridge.
      • Lilly
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Lilly is located in Tazewell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
      • Deer Creek
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • New Castle ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • New Castle is located in Tazewell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Castle
      • Tazewell
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Tazewell is located in Tazewell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tazewell
      • Minier
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Mackinaw
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Mackinaw is located in Tazewell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackinaw
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,861 people
        • Former name for Mackinaw:
        • Mackinawtown
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mackinaw <3>
  • Woodford County
    • County Website:   https://www.woodford-county.org/
    • County Seat for Woodford:   Eureka
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Timber Ridge   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Timber Ridge.
      • Kappa
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Kappa is located in Woodford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kappa
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
      • El Paso
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Panola
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Panola is located in Woodford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
      • Spires
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Spires is located in Woodford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spires
      • Woodford
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Woodford is located in Woodford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
      • Secor
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Bowling Green ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Bowling Green is located in Woodford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
      • Congerville
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Benson
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Minonk
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Mackinaw Dells
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Mackinaw Dells is located in Woodford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackinaw Dells
      • Roanoke
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
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        • Farmsville ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Farmsville is located in Woodford County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmsville
        • Goodfield
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Eureka
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Cruger
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Cruger is located in Woodford County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger

Footnotes ...

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