Blairsville Illinois Map

About Blairsville, Illinois

Blairsville is a locality in Williamson County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 243. The population density is 93.0 people per km². Blairsville is located at 37.8105°N, 89.1238°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 62859, 62918.

Blairsville occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois interior, where the horizon stretches flat and wide, broken only by the deliberate geometry of corn and soybean fields. It lies 5.3 miles west of Herrin, IL (from Herrin, IL: bearing 276°T), and is situated 7.7 miles northeast of Carbondale. The atmosphere here is defined by a heavy, fertile stillness, particularly at dusk when the low light turns the soil a deep, bruised violet and catches the silvered surface of Madison Lake. A mile to the west, the Big Muddy River carves a slow, serpentine path through the low-lying terrain, its banks thick with hardwoods that hold the humidity of the plains. Far to the south, the faint, hazy silhouette of Dutch Ridge suggests a more rugged geography, though it remains a distant promise rather than a neighbor, leaving Blairsville to exist in a landscape of horizontal patience.

Industrial echoes linger in the soil of Blairsville, a legacy of a time when the extraction of coal shaped the local economy and defined the rhythm of daily life. While the heavy machinery has largely fallen silent, the imprint remains in the modest, sturdy houses and the grid of streets that speak to a history of labor and endurance. Residents seek respite in the quiet green space of Cambria City Park, where the tall grasses and open shade offer a reprieve from the relentless sun of the growing season. The pace of the day is dictated not by the clock, but by the slow rotation of the seasons, as the town moves with the steady, unpretentious gravity of a place that knows its own weight in the vast, midwestern landscape.

About This Blairsville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Blairsville, Illinois. Coordinates: 37.810539, -89.123826. 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 Blairsville includes the ZIP code (62859, 62918), telephone area code (618), county seat of Williamson County (Marion), and school district assignment (Herrin Community Unit School District 4).

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.