Explore Chadwick, 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 Chadwick, 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 Chadwick.
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 | Chadwick |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Carroll County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 42.01336 |
| Longitude | -89.890676 |
| Population | 481 |
| Density | 597.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 61014 |
| Area Code | 847, 224 |
| County Seat | Mount Carroll |
| School District | Chadwick-Milledgeville Community Unit School District 399 |
Chadwick anchors itself firmly amidst the vast, fertile expanse of the Midwestern plains, where the horizon stretches in an unbroken line of soil and sky. It lies 18.5 miles north-northwest of Sterling, IL (from Sterling, IL: bearing 327°T), and is situated 19.3 miles northeast of Clinton. The landscape surrounding Chadwick is defined by a rhythmic cycle of cultivation, where the earth yields to the seasons and the light at dusk settles in long, golden bars across the open fields. Two miles to the east, the quiet progress of Sand Creek traces a path through the lowlands, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Hardpan Ridge provides a jagged contrast to the otherwise leveled geometry of the prairie. Within the village limits, Chadwickk Village Park offers a modest green reprieve, its quiet walkways serving as a focal point for the daily movements of those who inhabit these flat, expansive reaches.
Agriculture remains the pulse of the local economy, driving the steady, deliberate pace that characterizes life in Chadwick. Since its early development, the settlement has maintained a quiet resilience, tethered to the patterns of the harvest and the deep, dark loam that defines the regional character. While the proximity to Timber Lake, four miles away, offers a sense of stillness to the local geography, the true identity of the place is forged in the labor of the surrounding acres and the occasional, distant view toward the deeper topography of Dyslin Valley. Life here unfolds with a functional grace, eschewing pretense in favor of the persistent, honest work of maintaining a life in the interior of the continent, where the wind carries the scent of turned earth and the silence of the plains is rarely broken.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Chadwick, Illinois. Coordinates: 42.01336, -89.890676. 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 Chadwick includes the ZIP code (61014), telephone area code (847, 224), county seat of Carroll County (Mount Carroll), and school district assignment (Chadwick-Milledgeville Community Unit School District 399).
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. |