Coalton Illinois Map

About Coalton, Illinois

Coalton is a locality in Vermilion 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 the Illinois prairie like a quiet gathering of brick and timber held fast against the sweep of the wind. It lies 21.4 miles north of Danville, IL (from Danville, IL: bearing 6°T), and is situated 4.8 miles east-southeast of Hoopeston. The land here leans into a vast, open rhythm, where the sky claims more territory than the earth, and the light at dusk turns the surrounding fields of corn and soybean into a deepening sea of bronze and violet. Two miles to the east, the North Fork Vermilion River carves a slow, deliberate path through the silt, its presence marked by a dense corridor of hardwoods that offer a cool, shadowed refuge from the relentless summer heat. On clear days, the silhouette of Devils Backbone rises thirty-two miles away, a faint, jagged ink line against the western edge of the world, reminding those who live here that the topography beyond the plains holds a different, more ancient weight.

Coalton keeps the memory of its industrial origin in the soot-stained masonry of its older buildings and the iron bones of the rail lines that once fed a hungry economy. While the coal seams that defined the early settlement have long since gone quiet, the local pace remains tethered to the honest, unadorned labor of the interior plains. Residents often seek the quietude of the North Fork Vermilion River, a designated PCON that preserves the riparian fringe, or make the short journey to Lake DeRevey when the humidity of the season grows heavy. The character of Coalton is found in the stillness of its residential porches and the way the morning air carries the scent of damp earth and coming rain, a place where the passage of time is measured not by grand events, but by the slow, steady growth of the crops and the turning of the seasons across the plains.

About This Coalton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Coalton, Illinois. Coordinates: 39.2848, -89.302973. 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 Coalton includes the ZIP code (60942, 62075), telephone area code (630, 331, 309), county seat of Vermilion County (Danville), and school district assignment (Nokomis Community Unit School District 22).

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.