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Coalton Illinois Map

Explore Coalton, 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 Coalton, Illinois

How to Use This Coalton, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.2848
Longitude	-89.302973
Population	317
Density	230.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	60942, 62075
Area Code	630, 331, 309
County Seat	Hillsboro
School District	Nokomis Community Unit School District 22

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About Coalton, Illinois

Coalton is a locality in Montgomery County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 317. The population density is 230.9 people per km². Coalton is located at 39.2848°N, 89.3030°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Coalton is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 60942, 62075.

Coalton emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of central Illinois where the earth meets the sky in a long, unbroken line of soybean fields and corn. It lies 18.4 miles south of Taylorville, IL (from Taylorville, IL: bearing 181°T), and is situated 1.5 miles southwest of Nokomis. The landscape remains defined by the slow, deliberate movement of East Fork Shoal Creek, which carves a modest path through the soil only a mile from the center of Coalton. To the distant west, the elevated reach of Corley Ridge suggests a change in the topography, though here the ground persists in its quiet, level patience. Residents often gather at Lincoln Ball Park, a patch of maintained green that serves as the primary communal clearing, while the light at dusk settles over the fields in a dusty, amber haze that seems to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has dipped below the prairie edge.

Coalton carries the weight of a regional identity forged in the extraction of earth’s deep resources, a history that lingers in the sturdy, utilitarian architecture of its older streets. The local economy, once tethered to the rhythm of the mines, has shifted toward the cycles of agriculture and the maintenance of the Midwestern rail corridors that cut through the surrounding plains. Life here moves with a steady, predictable cadence, far removed from the frantic pace of the northern hubs, leaving room for the quiet contemplation found in the stillness of Fox Hollow or the quiet surface of Nokomis Sportsman Club Lake. People here recognize the value of a slow season, finding beauty in the way the frost catches the stubble of the harvested fields or the particular, sharp clarity of the air when the harvest moon rises over the silos.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lincoln Ball Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 123° SE
Memorial Park (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 013° N
Ramsey Lake State Recreation Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.9 mi, 131° SE
Hillsboro Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 12.0 mi, 230° SW
H & B Bremer Wildlife Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 12.7 mi, 235° SW
Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.8 mi, 206° SW
Roseland Theatre (Cinema) — 13.8 mi, 059° NE
NYC-IC RR Signal Tower (Attraction) — 13.8 mi, 058° NE
CE&I Depot (Attraction) — 14.0 mi, 058° NE
Roberts Cemetery Savanna Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 16.2 mi, 262° W
Shoal Creek Nature Conservation Area (Nature Reserve) — 16.7 mi, 248° W
Taylorville Chautaugua Auditorium (Theatre) — 17.6 mi, 001° N
Christian County Coal Mine Museum (Museum) — 18.2 mi, 001° N
Taylorville Cinema (Cinema) — 18.3 mi, 001° N
Shrine of Our Lady of the Highways (Attraction) — 18.5 mi, 280° W
Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 18.5 mi, 001° N
Sangchris Lake State Resource Area (State Recreation Area) — 23.1 mi, 336° NW
Kaskaskia Dragon (Attraction) — 23.6 mi, 155° SE
Fayette County Museum (Museum) — 25.0 mi, 153° SE
Vandalia State House State Historic Site (Museum) — 25.0 mi, 153° SE
Mother Jones Monument (Monument) — 27.0 mi, 239° SW
Divine Servant (Public Artwork) — 27.5 mi, 192° S
Ganton Circle (Monument) — 27.5 mi, 192° S
Ladue Auditorium (Theatre) — 27.6 mi, 192° S
Richard W. Bock Sculpture Museum (Museum) — 27.7 mi, 192° S
Sangamon Valley Greenway (State Recreation Area) — 27.9 mi, 289° W
Lake Shelbyville (Recreation Area) — 29.2 mi, 070° E
Beaver Dam State Park (State Park) — 35.4 mi, 262° W
Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 55.2 mi, 236° SW · 32k acres
Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 76.1 mi, 301° NW · 7,396 acres

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