Berwick Illinois Map

About Berwick, Illinois

Berwick is a locality in Warren County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Berwick is located at 40.7992°N, 90.5385°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 61417, 61413.

Berwick occupies a wide expanse of flat, deep-soiled earth where the sky holds more weight than the ground. It lies 13.5 miles southwest of Galesburg, IL (from Galesburg, IL: bearing 220°T), and is situated 9.6 miles southeast of Monmouth. [Navigation sentence will be inserted here.] The horizon stretches in an unbroken line, defined by the seasonal shifting of corn and soybean stalks that turn from emerald green to a brittle, dusty gold under the relentless Midwestern sun. Two miles to the west, Cedar Creek cuts a quiet, silt-heavy path through the fields, its banks lined with the gnarled roots of cottonwoods that lean toward the water as if listening to the low, steady hum of the land. Three miles away, the Massasauga Prairie State Natural Area preserves the original wildness of the tallgrass, a remnant of a time when the prairie stretched uninterrupted toward the horizon, and on clear days, the distant rise of Haney Hill provides the only vertical break in an otherwise level world.

Berwick grew from the stubborn persistence of pioneers who saw the value in the dark, heavy loam and turned it into the engine of the local economy. Agriculture remains the quiet pulse of the region, dictating the rhythm of the days and the migration of machinery across the grid of gravel roads that define the map. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, marked by the planting and the harvest, and the occasional traveler passing through might notice how the light at dusk turns the grain silos into silhouettes of dark iron against a bruised, violet sky. Six miles to the north, the waters of Paul Lake sit still and glass-like, reflecting the passing clouds and providing a rare, liquid stillness in a landscape otherwise dominated by the labor of the soil and the vast, open reach of the plains.

About This Berwick Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Berwick, Illinois. Coordinates: 40.799206, -90.538466. 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 Berwick includes the ZIP code (61417, 61413), telephone area code (815), county seat of Warren County (Monmouth), 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.