Arlington Illinois Map

About Arlington, Illinois

Arlington is a locality in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 169. The population density is 165.2 people per km². Arlington is located at 41.4736°N, 89.2493°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Arlington is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61312.

Arlington emerges from the flat, open expanse of the Illinois prairie, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a vault of heavy, shifting sky. It lies 22.9 miles west-northwest of Ottawa, IL (from Ottawa, IL: bearing 293°T), and is situated 8.5 miles southwest of Mendota. The land here holds the quiet patience of deep soil, interrupted only by the modest, winding path of East Bureau Creek, which carves a shallow, verdant ribbon through the surrounding fields. To the west, the distant silhouette of High Ridge offers a faint, jagged punctuation to the otherwise level earth, while the air carries the dry, honest scent of turning stalks and cooling dusk. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the landscape opens into a vast patchwork of seasonal color, where the light at sunset catches the stubble of the fields, turning the gray earth into a temporary, glowing bronze.

Arlington maintains a steady, deliberate pace, anchored by the long cycles of the agrarian economy that have defined this region for generations. Life here feels tethered to the rhythmic demands of the harvest and the quiet commerce of a place that values continuity over the frantic pulse of the city. While the stillness of the countryside dominates, the nearby Park (a LP) provides a sheltered space for the quiet observation of local flora, a rare pocket of untamed growth amidst the systematic order of the surrounding farmsteads. Even as the seasons shift and the frost settles over the plains, Arlington remains a place where the history of the soil is held in high regard, grounding the people in a geography that is as predictable as it is expansive.

About This Arlington Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Arlington, Illinois. Coordinates: 41.473645, -89.249253. 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 Arlington includes the ZIP code (61312), telephone area code (815), county seat of Bureau County (Princeton), and school district assignment (La Moille Community Unit School District 303).

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.