Burlington Illinois Map

About Burlington, Illinois

Burlington is a locality in Kane County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 535. The population density is 30.1 people per km². Burlington is located at 42.0529°N, 88.5689°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Burlington is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 60109, 60140.

Burlington occupies a wide expanse of northern Illinois where the horizon stretches flat and heavy under an immense, pale sky. It lies 7.0 miles west of Pingree Grove, IL (from Pingree Grove, IL: bearing 261°T), and is situated 8.4 miles east-northeast of Sycamore. Beneath this dome, the land shifts in subtle, glacial swells, patterned by the precise geometry of soy and corn fields that drain toward the quiet meander of Coon Creek. Beyond the edge of the cultivated acreage, the Hampshire Forest Preserve offers a dense, tangled contrast to the open plains, while the small, reflective surface of Lake Campton sits nine miles away, holding the stillness of the afternoon. At the center of this rural grid, Burlington Park provides a modest clearing where the wind carries the faint, dry scent of disturbed earth and turning leaves.

Burlington emerged from the deep soil of the prairie, its identity forged by the labor of the midwestern seasons and the steady commerce of local agriculture. The village maintains a quiet, deliberate pace, where the rhythm of the day is dictated by the passage of machinery and the long shadows that stretch from the grain elevators toward the evening. While Johnsons Mound rises as a distant, singular point of interest on the horizon, the true character of Burlington resides in its enduring connection to the land and the simple, functional architecture of its streets. Here, the local economy remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest, and the quietude of the landscape suggests a place that measures time not by the clock, but by the slow, inevitable shift of the light across the fields.

About This Burlington Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Burlington, Illinois. Coordinates: 42.052859, -88.568931. 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 Burlington includes the ZIP code (60109, 60140), telephone area code (312, 773), county seat of Kane County (Geneva), and school district assignment (Central Community Unit School District 301).

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.