Coleta Illinois Map

About Coleta, Illinois

Coleta is a locality in Whiteside County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 169. The population density is 57.0 people per km². Coleta is located at 41.9023°N, 89.8023°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 61081.

Coleta rests in the broad, fertile embrace of Whiteside County, a place where the land unfurls in gentle, sweeping undulations under a sky that often seems to stretch on forever. It lies 44.4 miles south-west of Rockford, IL (from Rockford, IL: bearing 235°T), and is situated 9.6 miles north-west of Sterling. The terrain here is a testament to the patient work of glaciers and rivers, a patchwork of rich prairie soil crisscrossed by the occasional meandering creek, its banks lined with willows that whisper in the prevailing breeze. Sunlight, when it breaks through the clouds, casts a warm, buttery glow across the fields, illuminating the emerald of summer crops or the burnished gold of autumn cornstalks, a quiet beauty that settles deep into the bones of anyone who stops to notice. This stretch of Illinois farmland, where Coleta has taken root, has long been shaped by the tireless spirit of agriculture, its economy intrinsically tied to the bounty of the earth. Generations have worked this soil, coaxing sustenance from its depths, and the legacy of their labor is visible in the sturdy farmhouses and weathered barns that dot the landscape. While Coleta itself is a small place, it is part of a larger narrative of rural persistence, a community that understands the cycles of planting and harvest, the quiet satisfaction of a well-tended field. The nearby Mississippi River, though not directly adjacent, exerts a subtle influence, its vastness and the ceaseless flow of its waters a distant, powerful echo against the backdrop of Coleta's tranquil existence.

About This Coleta Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Coleta, Illinois — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 41.902251, -89.802337. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Coleta and Whiteside County.

Detailed location data for Coleta includes the ZIP code (61081), telephone area code (847, 224), county seat of Whiteside County (Morrison), and school district assignment (Sterling Community Unit District 5). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Coleta is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.