Clarksdale Illinois Map
Explore Clarksdale, 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 Clarksdale, Illinois
How to Use This Clarksdale, Illinois Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Clarksdale, 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 Clarksdale.
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 | Clarksdale |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Christian County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 39.489771 |
| Longitude | -89.36787 |
| Population | 480 |
| Density | 18.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 62556, 62023 |
| Area Code | 217, 309 |
| County Seat | Taylorville |
About Clarksdale, Illinois
Clarksdale is a locality in Christian County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Clarksdale is located at 39.4898°N, 89.3679°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 62556, 62023.Clarksdale emerges from the flat, expansive horizon as a quiet collection of brick facades and modest wood-frame homes anchored to the Illinois soil. It lies 5.7 miles southwest of Taylorville, IL (from Taylorville, IL: bearing 224°T), and is situated 16.9 miles west-northwest of Pana. The landscape surrounding Clarksdale is defined by the steady, unyielding geometry of corn and soybean fields that stretch toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Sand Ridge. A mile to the east, the waters of Brush Creek carve a narrow, mud-banked path through the silt, while the stillness of Lusters Lake, just two miles beyond, catches the pale, bruised light of late afternoon. Five miles away, the quiet woodlands of Jaynes Park offer a sanctuary of oak and hickory, where the air carries the scent of damp earth and cooling grain.
Clarksdale maintains a steady, deliberate pace, grounded in the seasonal rhythms of an agricultural economy that has directed the movement of the populace for generations. The architecture reflects a utilitarian history, where sturdy limestone foundations and weathered cornices signal a town built for endurance rather than display. Life in Clarksdale turns on the quiet labor of the fields and the small, persistent commerce of the main thoroughfare, where the shadows lengthen early against the storefronts. Even as the modern world shifts, the people of Clarksdale remain tethered to the slow turn of the seasons, finding a solitary beauty in the vast, open sky that presses down upon the plains with an immense and heavy clarity.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Jaynes Park (Local Park) — 4.6 mi, 033° NE
- Manners Park (Local Park) — 5.0 mi, 049° NE
- Taylorville Chautaugua Auditorium (Theatre) — 5.2 mi, 048° NE
- Taylorville Cinema (Cinema) — 5.6 mi, 043° NE
- Christian County Coal Mine Museum (Museum) — 5.6 mi, 044° NE
- Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 5.8 mi, 041° NE
- Ivarene Wild Life Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 338° N
- Sangchris Lake State Resource Area (State Recreation Area) — 9.1 mi, 320° NW
- Pary 2 RR Trail (State Recreation Area) — 9.3 mi, 094° E
- NYC-IC RR Signal Tower (Attraction) — 16.6 mi, 114° SE
- CE&I Depot (Attraction) — 16.7 mi, 114° SE
- Roseland Theatre (Cinema) — 16.8 mi, 115° SE
- Shrine of Our Lady of the Highways (Attraction) — 18.3 mi, 234° SW
- Trutter Museum (Museum) — 20.5 mi, 321° NW
- Roberts Cemetery Savanna Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 20.6 mi, 218° SW
- The Muni (Theatre) — 20.7 mi, 327° NW
- Lincoln Memorial (Monument) — 21.2 mi, 321° NW
- Impermanent Column (Public Artwork) — 21.5 mi, 321° NW
- War Memorial (Monument) — 22.2 mi, 356° N
- Rotary Sundial (Attraction) — 22.7 mi, 318° NW
- Weigh Station Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 23.2 mi, 219° SW
- Ramsey Lake State Recreation Area (State Conservation Area) — 24.3 mi, 151° SE
- Illinois State Museum Research and Collections Center (Museum) — 24.8 mi, 324° NW
- Gallery 1624 (Gallery) — 25.6 mi, 322° NW
- Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 25.7 mi, 185° S
- Lake Shelbyville (Recreation Area) — 31.3 mi, 098° E
- Beaver Dam State Park (State Park) — 36.9 mi, 239° SW
- Edward R. Madigan State Park (State Park) — 42.1 mi, 359° N
- Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 61.7 mi, 223° SW · 32k acres
- Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 69.1 mi, 333° NW · 13k acres
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About This Clarksdale Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Clarksdale, Illinois. Coordinates: 39.489771, -89.36787. 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 Clarksdale includes the ZIP code (62556, 62023), telephone area code (217, 309), county seat of Christian County (Taylorville), and school district assignment.
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. |
