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Chrisman Illinois Map

Explore Chrisman, 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.

Interactive Map of Chrisman, Illinois

How to Use This Chrisman, Illinois Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Chrisman, 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 Chrisman.

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	Chrisman
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Edgar County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	39.803647
Longitude	-87.673635
Population	1,312
Density	704.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61924
Area Code	309
County Seat	Paris
School District	Edgar County Community Unit District 6

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About Chrisman, Illinois

Chrisman is a locality in Edgar County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,312. The population density is 704.5 people per km². Chrisman is located at 39.8036°N, 87.6736°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Chrisman is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61924.

Chrisman unfolds across the flat, expansive horizon of the Illinois prairie, where the sky claims more territory than the land itself. It lies 22.3 miles south of Danville, IL (from Danville, IL: bearing 186°T), and is situated 17.6 miles west-southwest of Howard. The light here has a singular, clarifying quality, bleaching the summer grasses to a pale straw and deepening the evening shadows until they stretch across the fields like ink on parchment. A mile to the west, Crabapple Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the earth, its presence marked by a thin ribbon of dense vegetation that breaks the relentless geometry of the surrounding farmland. Further out, the distant, hazy silhouette of Devils Backbone provides the only significant interruption to a vista otherwise defined by the quiet, steady convergence of clouds and soil.

Agriculture serves as the pulse of Chrisman, a rhythm dictated by the turning of the seasons and the cycle of planting and harvest that governs the local economy. The architecture remains anchored in the sturdy, pragmatic aesthetic of the nineteenth century, with brick facades and wide, utilitarian streets that speak to a history of rail-bound commerce and steady, industrious growth. Residents travel to Miller Community Park or the shores of Georgetown Reservoir for moments of respite, finding in those spaces a quietude that mirrors the deliberate, measured pace of daily life. Even as the modern world intrudes, Chrisman maintains a character shaped by the endurance of the soil and the persistent, unadorned beauty of the wide-open plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Treaty Between Harrison & the Indians (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 028° NE
Miller Community Park (Local Park) — 10.9 mi, 130° SE
Harry "Babe" Woodyard State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.2 mi, 029° NE
Blackhawk Park (Local Park) — 11.3 mi, 190° S
American Legion Park (Local Recreation) — 12.1 mi, 186° S
Salt Fork Vermilion River (Conservation Area) — 14.8 mi, 333° NW
Vermilion River - Wabash Drainage (Conservation Area) — 15.8 mi, 026° NE
Howards Hollow Seep Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 15.8 mi, 019° N
Westville Depot Historical Museum (Museum) — 16.5 mi, 007° N
Forest Glen Seep Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 16.6 mi, 021° N
Young Immigrant (Public Artwork) — 16.7 mi, 123° SE
Claude Matthews Medallion (Monument) — 17.6 mi, 124° SE
Kickapoo State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 20.7 mi, 350° N
Obsons Farm Corn Maze (Attraction) — 20.9 mi, 092° E
Prairie Wind (State Recreation Area) — 21.3 mi, 241° SW
Vermillion County Museum (Museum) — 22.5 mi, 005° N
Danville War Museum (Museum) — 22.6 mi, 006° N
Log Cabin Chapel (Attraction) — 23.3 mi, 151° SE
World War Memorial (Monument) — 23.8 mi, 097° E
Peck's Point (Viewpoint) — 23.8 mi, 352° N
Turkey Run State Park (State Park) — 24.1 mi, 077° E
Homer Lake Interpretive Center (Museum) — 24.5 mi, 318° NW
Rocky Hollow-Falls Canyon Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 24.7 mi, 075° E
Turkey Run Hollow (Attraction) — 25.4 mi, 077° E
"140 Steps" (Attraction) — 25.5 mi, 076° E
AMC Classic Village Mall 6 (Cinema) — 25.6 mi, 005° N
Swope Art Museum (Museum) — 27.3 mi, 149° SE
Shades State Park (State Park) — 30.7 mi, 073° E
Community Theatre of Clay County, Inc. (Theatre) — 34.9 mi, 124° SE
Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 68.5 mi, 121° SE · 16k acres

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