Explore Baileyville, Illinois, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Baileyville, Illinois. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Illinois or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Baileyville.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Baileyville |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Ogle County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 42.197245 |
| Longitude | -89.593448 |
| Population | 187 |
| Density | 298.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 61007 |
| Area Code | 847, 224 |
| County Seat | Oregon |
| School District | Forrestville Valley Community Unit School District 221 |
Baileyville emerges from the flat, expansive horizon as a cluster of modest structures defined by the vast, open sky of the Illinois prairie. It lies 7.0 miles south-southeast of Freeport, IL (from Freeport, IL: bearing 168°T), and is situated 18.4 miles northwest of Oregon.
The land surrounding Baileyville persists in a quiet, agricultural composure, where the soil dictates the slow, seasonal pulse of the day. To the east, the elevation shifts subtly toward the prominence of Hardpan Ridge, a rise that breaks the monotony of the fields. Two miles away, the waters of Mud Creek trace a thin, winding path through the silt, providing a vital, shadowed corridor for local wildlife. A short trip further brings one to the quiet surface of Coffman Lake, while the nearby Oakdale Nature Preserve offers a preserved expanse of native flora. The late afternoon light here possesses a peculiar, amber clarity, catching the dust of harvest machinery and casting long, thin shadows that stretch across the dark, heavy earth.
History in Baileyville remains grounded in the quiet industry of the grain elevator and the steady, predictable cycles of the family farm. This locality maintains an economy deeply intertwined with the fertility of the surrounding black soil, where the rhythmic labor of planting and reaping serves as the primary clock for its residents. While the bustle of larger urban grids feels worlds away, the character of the place is marked by a deliberate, patient endurance. Life here is not defined by external spectacles, but by the maintenance of local traditions and a neighborly reliance that predates the modern era. Even as the decades have shifted the methods of production, the fundamental connection to the land remains, with the distant, rolling terrain toward Goose Hollow serving as a reminder of the wider, varied geography that defines this corner of the state.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Baileyville, Illinois. Coordinates: 42.197245, -89.593448. 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 Baileyville includes the ZIP code (61007), telephone area code (847, 224), county seat of Ogle County (Oregon), and school district assignment (Forrestville Valley Community Unit School District 221).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |