Nearest Communities to Virgil,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Virgil, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Virgil:
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.
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.
Although our information shows that the community of Virgil is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Fulton County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Fulton County: Knox, Mason, McDonough, Peoria, Schuyler, Tazewell & Warren.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 174 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Virgil. Of these communities, 113 are located in counties other than Fulton County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Virgil (which is Fulton 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 Virgil
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Fulton County (where Virgil resides)
- County Website: https://fultoncountyil.gov/
- County Seat for Fulton: Lewistown
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Virgil ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Virgil.
- Avon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Babylon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Babylon is located in Fulton County
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- Manley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Manley is located in Fulton County
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- Ellisville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Checkrow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Checkrow is located in Fulton County
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- Pleasant Ridge ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Fulton County
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- Troy ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Troy is located in Fulton County
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- Blyton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blyton is located in Fulton County
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- Whites Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Whites Ferry is located in Fulton County
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- Marietta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Buckeye
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Buckeye is located in Fulton County
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- London Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (49 more) ...
- Midway ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Midway is located in Fulton County
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- Seville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Seville is located in Fulton County
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- Bybee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bybee is located in Fulton County
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- Poverty Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Poverty Ridge is located in Fulton County
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- Smithfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fiatt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cuba
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bernadotte ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bernadotte is located in Fulton County
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- Middlegrove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Middlegrove is located in Fulton County
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- Civer ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Civer is located in Fulton County
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- Fulton Center ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton Center is located in Fulton County
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- Table Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Depler Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Depler Springs is located in Fulton County
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- Gilchrist
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Gilchrist is located in Fulton County
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- Westview Acres
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Westview Acres is located in Fulton County
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- Brereton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Brereton is located in Fulton County
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- Canton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Forty Acres
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Forty Acres is located in Fulton County
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- Norris
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ipava
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bryant
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- East Lawndale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- East Lawndale is located in Fulton County
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- Prospect Heights Addition
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Village Square
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Village Square is located in Fulton County
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- Lewistown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Saint David
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Farmington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Howard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Howard is located in Fulton County
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- Dunfermline
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rawalts
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rawalts is located in Fulton County
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- Vermont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Duncan Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Duncan Mills is located in Fulton County
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- Keeler ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Keeler is located in Fulton County
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- Maples Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Maples Mill is located in Fulton County
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- Monterey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Monterey is located in Fulton County
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- Little America
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Little America is located in Fulton County
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- Otto ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Otto is located in Fulton County
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- Sepo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sepo is located in Fulton County
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- Waterford ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Waterford is located in Fulton County
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- Breeds
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Breeds is located in Fulton County
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- Beaty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Beaty is located in Fulton County
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- Summum
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Summum is located in Fulton County
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- Banner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Leesburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Leesburg is located in Fulton County
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- Enion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Enion is located in Fulton County
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- Liverpool
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Astoria
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Marbletown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Marbletown is located in Fulton County
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- Hancock County
- County Website: https://hancockcounty-il.gov/
- County Seat for Hancock: Carthage
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Virgil ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Virgil.
- Joetta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Joetta is located in Hancock County
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- La Harpe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- La Harpe is located in Hancock County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,123 people
- Henderson County
- County Seat for Henderson: Oquawka
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Virgil ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Virgil.
- Raritan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Raritan is located in Henderson County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Media
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Media is located in Henderson County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Stronghurst
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Biggsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Biggsville is located in Henderson County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Reeds
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Reeds is located in Henderson County
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- Decorra
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Decorra is located in Henderson County
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- Olena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Olena is located in Henderson County
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- Terre Haute
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Terre Haute is located in Henderson County
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- Knox County
- County Website: https://www.knoxcountyil.gov/
- County Seat for Knox: Galesburg
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Virgil ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Virgil.
- Saint Augustine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hermon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hermon is located in Knox County
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- Bridgeport Ferry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgeport Ferry is located in Knox County
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- Bridgeport ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgeport is located in Knox County
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- Burnside ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burnside is located in Knox County
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- Abingdon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Rapatee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rapatee is located in Knox County
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- De Long
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- De Long is located in Knox County
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- Saluda
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Saluda is located in Knox County
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- Maquon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Uniontown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Uniontown is located in Knox County
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- Douglas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Douglas is located in Knox County
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- Gilson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Knoxville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- East Galesburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- East Galesburg is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Galesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
- Galesburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Knox
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Knox is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox
- Yates City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elba Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Elba Center is located in Knox County
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- Appleton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Appleton is located in Knox County
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- Trenton Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Trenton Corners is located in Knox County
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- Dahinda
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Soperville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Soperville is located in Knox County
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- Oak Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Run is located in Knox County
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- Henderson Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Henderson Grove is located in Knox County
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- Henderson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Eugene
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eugene is located in Knox County
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- Wataga
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Williamsfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Truro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Truro is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truro
- Mason County
- County Website: https://masoncountyil.gov/
- County Seat for Mason: Havana
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Virgil ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Virgil.
- Baldwin Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Baldwin Beach is located in Mason County
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- Buzzville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Buzzville is located in Mason County
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- Chautauqua Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chautauqua Park is located in Mason County
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- Quiver Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Quiver Beach is located in Mason County
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- Goofy Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Goofy Ridge is located in Mason County
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- Havana
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Eckard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Eckard is located in Mason County
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- Lakewood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lakewood is located in Mason County
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- Matanzas Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Matanzas Beach is located in Mason County
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- McDonough County
- County Website: http://mcg.mcdonough.il.us/
- County Seat for McDonough: Macomb
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Virgil ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Virgil.
- Prairie City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Prairie City is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Bushnell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Walnut Grove is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- New Philadelphia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Philadelphia is located in McDonough County
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- Scottsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scottsburg is located in McDonough County
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- Bardolph
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shoo Fly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Shoo Fly is located in McDonough County
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- Adair
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Good Hope
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pennington Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pennington Point is located in McDonough County
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- East Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- East Village is located in McDonough County
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- Lamone Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lamone Village is located in McDonough County
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- Macomb
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- University Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- University Village is located in McDonough County
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- Little Ireland ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Little Ireland is located in McDonough County
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- Sciota
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Spring Creek Settlement ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Industry
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Stewardsville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Stewardsville is located in McDonough County
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- Colchester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ragtown ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ragtown is located in McDonough County
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- Blandinsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fandon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fandon is located in McDonough County
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- Doddsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Doddsville is located in McDonough County
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- Tennessee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hills Grove ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hills Grove is located in McDonough County
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- VIshnu Springs ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- VIshnu Springs is located in McDonough County
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- Peoria County
- County Website: https://www.peoriacounty.gov/
- County Seat for Peoria: Peoria
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Virgil ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Virgil.
- Cramer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cramer is located in Peoria County
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- Elmwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Trivoli
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Southport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Southport is located in Peoria County
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- Eden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Eden is located in Peoria County
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- Lancaster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lancaster is located in Peoria County
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- Oak Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Hill is located in Peoria County
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- Glasford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Brimfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Schuyler County
- County Website: https://www.schuylercounty.org/
- County Seat for Schuyler: Rushville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Virgil ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Virgil.
- Oakland Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Oakland Center is located in Schuyler County
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- Ray
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ray is located in Schuyler County
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- Littleton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tazewell County
- County Website: https://tazewell-il.gov/
- County Seat for Tazewell: Pekin
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Virgil ...
- Radville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Radville is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radville
- Warren County
- County Website: https://warrencountyil.gov/
- County Seat for Warren: Monmouth
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Virgil ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Virgil.
- Greenbush
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Greenbush is located in Warren County
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- Youngstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Youngstown is located in Warren County
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- Swan Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Swan Creek is located in Warren County
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- Berwick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Roseville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Phelps
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Phelps is located in Warren County
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- Cameron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Larchland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Larchland is located in Warren County
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- New Lancaster ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Lancaster is located in Warren County
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- Ormonde
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ormonde is located in Warren County
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- Surrey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Surrey is located in Warren County
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- Ellison ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ellison is located in Warren County
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- Ponemah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ponemah is located in Warren County
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- Coldbrook
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Coldbrook is located in Warren County
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- Monmouth
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Smithshire
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Utah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Utah is located in Warren County
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- Gerlaw
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Grove ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Grove is located in Warren County
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- Shanghai City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Shanghai City is located in Warren County
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- Eleanor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eleanor is located in Warren County
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- Denny ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Denny is located in Warren County
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- Woodvale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Woodvale is located in Warren 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- Virgil) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Virgil, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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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