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Cooksville Illinois Map

Explore Cooksville, 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 Cooksville, Illinois

How to Use This Cooksville, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.54309
Longitude	-88.716455
Population	157
Density	279.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61730
Area Code	309
County Seat	Bloomington
School District	Ridgeview Community Unit School District 19

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About Cooksville, Illinois

Cooksville is a locality in McLean County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 157. The population density is 279.3 people per km². Cooksville is located at 40.5431°N, 88.7165°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cooksville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61730.

Cooksville rests upon a vast, level expanse of Illinois prairie where the horizon remains unbroken by anything save for the occasional silo or the sharp line of a distant tree row. It lies 14.5 miles east of Normal, IL (from Normal, IL: bearing 82°T), and is situated 7.6 miles south-southeast of Lexington. The air here holds a distinct, dry clarity, especially as the sun begins to retreat behind the flat fields, turning the soil a deep, bruised purple. Only a mile away, the quiet waters of Little Crooked Creek trace a narrow path through the earth, cutting a subtle vein into the otherwise uniform landscape. Three miles out, the Henline Preserve offers a small, wild reprieve of tall grasses and native brush, while the more expansive waters of Dawson Lake sit nine miles to the south, providing a stillness that mirrors the quietude of the surrounding plains. On the clearest days, the faint, hazy suggestion of Yankee Ridge can be perceived far to the distance, a low shadow against the sky that serves as the only relief from the absolute flatness of the plains.

Agriculture dictates the tempo of existence in Cooksville, where the cycle of planting and harvest marks the passage of seasons more reliably than any calendar. The town grew from the needs of the surrounding farms, its infrastructure built to facilitate the movement of grain and the maintenance of the heavy machinery required to work this dense, black soil. Life here maintains a steady, deliberate pace, defined by the sound of trucks moving along the grid of roads and the sight of rusted iron equipment parked near the edges of fields. There is an enduring resilience in the simple, sturdy architecture of the older buildings, which stand as quiet reminders of the families who first broke this ground. People in Cooksville recognize the value of a long view, understanding that the land demands patience and that the true character of the place is found in the repetitive, honest labor of those who remain tethered to the earth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Henline Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 021° N
Frey Timber Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 024° NE
Twin Groves Wind Farm Lookout (Viewpoint) — 4.2 mi, 174° S
Octavia Park (Local Park) — 5.6 mi, 071° E
Memory Lane (Attraction) — 7.9 mi, 334° NW
Moraine View State Recreational Area (State Recreation Area) — 8.2 mi, 184° S
Arrowsmith Battle Ground (Registered Battlefield) — 10.2 mi, 138° SE
Royal Links Golf Course (Park) — 10.7 mi, 260° W
Student Art Gallery (Gallery) — 11.2 mi, 248° W
Ironwood Golf Course (Park) — 12.3 mi, 269° W
Bloomington Country Club Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 13.5 mi, 254° W
Bosarth Memorial (Monument) — 14.1 mi, 230° SW
University Galleries (Gallery) — 14.3 mi, 260° W
Second Globe Theatre (Public Artwork) — 14.6 mi, 260° W
Allen Theatre (Theatre) — 14.6 mi, 260° W
Old Main Cornerstone (Monument) — 14.6 mi, 261° W
Capen Auditorium (Theatre) — 14.7 mi, 261° W
The Sesquicentennial Gates (Monument) — 14.9 mi, 255° W
Merwin Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 14.9 mi, 256° W
Prairie Vista Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 16.0 mi, 245° SW
Historic US Route 66 Sign (Attraction) — 16.1 mi, 250° W
Comlara Park (Local Park) — 16.3 mi, 287° W
Project XV Museum (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 311° NW
Pontiac - Oakland Museum and Resource Center (Museum) — 23.7 mi, 011° N
Route 66 Association Hall of Fame & Museum (Museum) — 23.8 mi, 011° N
Livingston County War Museum (Museum) — 23.8 mi, 011° N
Ladd School Subway (Attraction) — 23.8 mi, 010° N
Mackinaw River (State Recreation Area) — 30.0 mi, 271° W
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 50.0 mi, 318° NW · 13k acres
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 61.6 mi, 027° NE · 18k acres

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