Niota is a community in Hancock County, Illinois, home to about 39 people across 0.5 square miles. It has no ZIP code of its own: it’s part of 62358.
Part is in Niota, part in Pontoosuc
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| Nearest major airport | St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL)137 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Southeast Iowa Regional Airport (BRL)16 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | St. Louis, MO147 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Chicago, IL206 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Niota; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
It’s the 1414th largest of 1,450 towns in Illinois by population.
Hancock County grew from 32,215 residents in 1900 to 17,620 in 2020.
Hancock County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 85°F in summer, and winter lows average 17°F. About 39.4 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 18 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Ft Madison, IA weather station (2 miles away).
2,706 jobs at 365 businesses in Hancock County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
1 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Niota.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Chiropractors | 1 |
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Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
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Counts are within about 1 mile of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Pontoosuc.
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