Nearest Communities to Tuscola,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Tuscola, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Tuscola:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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 starting from Tuscola.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Tuscola is located in Douglas County and is the County Seat.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Douglas County: Champaign, Coles, Edgar, Moultrie, Piatt & Vermilion.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 191 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Tuscola. Of these communities, 163 are located in counties other than Douglas 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 Tuscola (which is Douglas 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 Tuscola
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Douglas County (where Tuscola resides)
- County Website: https://douglascountyil.gov/
- County Seat for Douglas: Tuscola
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Tuscola ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Tuscola.
- Parkview
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Parkview is located in Douglas County
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- Northgate
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Northgate is located in Douglas County
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- Yoder Addition
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Yoder Addition is located in Douglas County
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- Hillcrest
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hillcrest is located in Douglas County
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- Southland Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Southland Acres is located in Douglas County
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- Meadowview
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Meadowview is located in Douglas County
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- North Prairie Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- North Prairie Acres is located in Douglas County
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- West Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Ridge is located in Douglas County
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- Ficklin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Patterson Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hayes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Galton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Galton is located in Douglas County
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- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Chicken Bristle
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Camargo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bourbon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bourbon is located in Douglas County
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- Villa Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Filson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hugo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hugo is located in Douglas County
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- Fillmore ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fillmore is located in Douglas County
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- Garrett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Garrett is located in Douglas County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Arcola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kemp
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chesterville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Murdock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fairland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fairland is located in Douglas County
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- Hindsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Arthur
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Newman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Champaign County
- County Website: https://co.champaign.il.us/
- County Seat for Champaign: Urbana
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Tuscola ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Tuscola.
- Pesotum
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Parkville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Parkville is located in Champaign County
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- Jimtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jimtown is located in Champaign County
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- Sadorus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Tolono
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bongard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bongard is located in Champaign County
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- Longview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sloan Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sloan Station is located in Champaign County
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- Ivesdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Block
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Block is located in Champaign County
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- Philo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Broadlands
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (28 more) ...
- Giblin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Giblin is located in Champaign County
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- Savoy
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Deers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Deers is located in Champaign County
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- Rutherford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sidney
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mira
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Kenwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Kenwood is located in Champaign County
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- Staley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Urbana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bondville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Champaign
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Seymour
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Tipton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tipton is located in Champaign County
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- Wilbur Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wilbur Heights is located in Champaign County
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- Fulls
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Fulls is located in Champaign County
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- Homer
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mayview
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Augerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Augerville is located in Champaign County
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- Rising
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rising is located in Champaign County
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- Glover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Glover is located in Champaign County
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- Saint Joseph
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- State Road
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- State Road is located in Champaign County
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- Leverett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Leverett is located in Champaign County
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- Mahomet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ogden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pauline
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pauline is located in Champaign County
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- Lake of the Woods
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lake of the Woods is located in Champaign County
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- Sellers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sellers is located in Champaign County
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- Clark County
- Coles County
- County Website: https://www.colesco.illinois.gov/
- County Seat for Coles: Charleston
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Tuscola ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Tuscola.
- Humboldt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Fairgrange
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Fairgrange is located in Coles County
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- Bushton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rardin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cooks Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dorans
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Boyd Ford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Boyd Ford is located in Coles County
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- Kings
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kings is located in Coles County
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- Fuller
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fuller is located in Coles County
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- Barney Ford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Barney Ford is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barney Ford
- Loxa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Loxa is located in Coles County
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- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Saint Omer ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Omer is located in Coles County
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- Embarrass
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Embarrass is located in Coles County
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- Charleston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lane Acres
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lane Acres is located in Coles County
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- Lipsey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lipsey is located in Coles County
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- Mattoon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Rolling Green
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rolling Green is located in Coles County
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- Ashmore
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Jones
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Jones is located in Coles County
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- Newby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Newby is located in Coles County
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- Halls Ford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Halls Ford is located in Coles County
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- Magnet
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wabash Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wabash Point is located in Coles County
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- Lerna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Walker Ford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Walker Ford is located in Coles County
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- Campbell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Campbell is located in Coles County
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- Hanley Ford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hanley Ford is located in Coles County
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- Hutton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Paradise
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Paradise is located in Coles County
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- Etna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Etna is located in Coles County
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- Trilla
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cumberland County
- County Website: https://cumberlandcoil.gov/
- County Seat for Cumberland: Toledo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Tuscola ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Tuscola.
- Janesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- McCann Ford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- McCann Ford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCann Ford
- Diona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Johnstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Edgar County
- County Website: https://edgarcountyillinois.com/
- County Seat for Edgar: Paris
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Tuscola ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Tuscola.
- McCown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- McCown is located in Edgar County
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- Brocton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hughes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hughes is located in Edgar County
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- Borton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Catfish ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Catfish is located in Edgar County
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- Isabel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Isabel is located in Edgar County
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- New Athens ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Athens is located in Edgar County
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- Hume
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Palermo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Melwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Melwood is located in Edgar County
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- Warrington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Warrington is located in Edgar County
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- Hildreth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hildreth is located in Edgar County
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- Kansas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Redmon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Garland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Garland is located in Edgar County
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- Metcalf
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Dudley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dudley is located in Edgar County
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- Mays
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mays is located in Edgar County
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- Cherry Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cherry Point is located in Edgar County
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- Mortimer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mortimer is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mortimer
- Conlogue
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grandview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Macon County
- County Website: https://maconcounty.illinois.gov/
- County Seat for Macon: Decatur
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Tuscola ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Tuscola.
- Casner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Chapin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Chapin is located in Macon County
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- Prairie Hall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Prairie Hall is located in Macon County
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- Oakley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Long Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Newburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Newburg is located in Macon County
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- Hervey City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hervey City is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hervey City
- Sangamon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Moultrie County
- County Website: http://moultriecountyil.com/
- County Seat for Moultrie: Sullivan
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Tuscola ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Tuscola.
- Fairbanks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairbanks is located in Moultrie County
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- Cadwell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Williamsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg is located in Moultrie County
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- Lanton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lanton is located in Moultrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanton
- Chipps
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Chipps is located in Moultrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipps
- Lovington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cushman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Allenville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Allenville is located in Moultrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Coles
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ullrich
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ullrich is located in Moultrie County
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- Sullivan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Dunn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bruce
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bruce is located in Moultrie County
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- Kirksville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kirksville is located in Moultrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Bethany
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gays
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dalton City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Piatt County
- County Website: https://piatt.gov/
- County Seat for Piatt: Monticello
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Tuscola ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Tuscola.
- Atwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mackville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mackville is located in Piatt County
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- Pierson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pierson is located in Piatt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierson
- Piatt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Piatt is located in Piatt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piatt
- Bodmann
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bodmann is located in Piatt County
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- Hammond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Voorhies
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bement
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burrowsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lintner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Milmine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Monticello
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- White Heath
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- La Place
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cerro Gordo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Amenia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Amenia is located in Piatt County
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- Centerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville is located in Piatt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Lodge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lodge is located in Piatt County
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- Cisco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Combs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Combs is located in Piatt County
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- Galesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Galesville is located in Piatt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesville
- De Land
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mansfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shelby County
- County Website: https://shelbycounty-il.gov/
- County Seat for Shelby: Shelbyville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Tuscola ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Tuscola.
- Todds Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Todds Point is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds Point
- Windsor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sexson Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vermilion County
- County Website: https://www.vercounty.org/
- County Seat for Vermilion: Danville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Tuscola ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Tuscola.
- Allerton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hastings
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hastings is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings
- Archie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sidell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Maizetown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Maizetown is located in Vermilion County
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- Jamaica
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jamaica is located in Vermilion County
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- Rumpler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rumpler is located in Vermilion County
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- Fairmount
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Indianola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fithian
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ryan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ryan is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan
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- Tuscola) 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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