Andrew Illinois Map

About Andrew, Illinois

Andrew is a locality in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Andrew is located at 39.8956°N, 89.6401°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 62707, 61036.

Andrew sits upon a vast, flat expanse of central Illinois where the horizon stretches thin and taut, broken only by the occasional silo or the sharp line of a distant treeline. It lies 6.5 miles north of Springfield, IL (from Springfield, IL: bearing 2°T), and is situated 1.9 miles west of Sherman. The sky here possesses a heavy, singular clarity, casting a pale gold light that flattens the shadows across the fields until the earth seems to hold its breath. A mile to the west, the waters of Halfmoon Lake settle into a quiet, silver stillness, while the Sangamon River winds its way two miles away, carving a slow, deliberate path through the dark, fertile loam. On days when the air turns crisp and clear, the silhouette of Blind Horse Ridge emerges as a faint, jagged smudge against the western edge of the world, reminding the observer that the prairie eventually yields to something more enduring.

Andrew grew from the steady, rhythmic labor of those who broke this heavy soil, establishing a pattern of life dictated by the turn of the seasons and the cycle of the harvest. Today, the local economy remains bound to the productivity of the surrounding grain fields, with the quiet machinery of agriculture defining the pace of the morning and the hum of the afternoon. Residents often seek a moment of respite at Unknown Park, a modest expanse of managed green space that provides a necessary pause in the rigid geometry of the grid. Life in Andrew moves with the predictability of a pendulum, where the weight of history is felt not in grand monuments, but in the enduring, calloused character of a place that values the work at hand and the simple, unadorned truth of the land.

About This Andrew Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Andrew, Illinois. Coordinates: 39.895605, -89.640102. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Andrew includes the ZIP code (62707, 61036), telephone area code (217, 847, 224), county seat of Sangamon County (Springfield), and school district assignment.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.