Dunfermline Illinois Map

About Dunfermline, Illinois

Dunfermline is a locality in Fulton County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 314. The population density is 141.1 people per km². Dunfermline is located at 40.4911°N, 90.0318°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 61524.

Dunfermline sits in the rolling landscape of Fulton County, a place where the land itself seems to breathe a slow, deliberate rhythm. It lies 21.2 miles west-south-west of Pekin, IL (from Pekin, IL: bearing 256°T), and is situated 4.6 miles south of Canton. The terrain here is a study in subtle contours, a gentle rise and fall that guides the eye across fields of corn and soybean, their greens and golds rippling under the vast, often cloud-streaked Illinois sky. Small woodlands, mostly oak and hickory, punctuate the farmland, their shadows lengthening and shortening with the sun's unhurried transit. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a clean, earthy scent, a blend of tilled soil and the distant breath of drying hay, and the quiet is broken only by the hum of an unseen tractor or the call of a crow. The history of Dunfermline is deeply entwined with the earth it rests upon, a legacy of coal mining that shaped its early growth and character. Though the deep seams have long been exhausted, the memory of those days lingers in the stoic resilience of its people and the very shape of the land, subtly altered by generations of extraction. Today, the local economy leans more on the enduring bounty of agriculture, with farms continuing to be the lifeblood of the region, their harvests feeding the nation. There are no grand monuments or bustling tourist attractions in Dunfermline, but rather a quiet dignity, a sense of place that is both grounded and enduring, a community that understands the value of hard work and the simple beauty of a well-tended field under a wide, open sky.

About This Dunfermline Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Dunfermline, Illinois — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 40.49115, -90.031784. 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 Dunfermline and Fulton County.

Detailed location data for Dunfermline includes the ZIP code (61524), telephone area code (815), county seat of Fulton County (Lewistown), and school district assignment (Canton Union School District 66). 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 Dunfermline is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.