Elkville Illinois Map
Explore Elkville, 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 Elkville, Illinois
How to Use This Elkville, Illinois Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Elkville, 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 Elkville.
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 | Elkville |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Jackson County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 37.91005 |
| Longitude | -89.235916 |
| Population | 838 |
| Density | 421.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 62932 |
| Area Code | 618 |
| County Seat | Murphysboro |
| School District | Elverado Community Unit School District 196 |
About Elkville, Illinois
Elkville is a locality in Jackson County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 838. The population density is 421.8 people per km². Elkville is located at 37.9100°N, 89.2359°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Elkville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62932.Elkville defines the threshold where the flat, fertile expanse of the southern Illinois prairie yields to the subtle, forested rise of the Shawnee foothills. It lies 12.7 miles north of Carbondale, IL (from Carbondale, IL: bearing 355°T), and is situated 7.0 miles south of Du Quoin. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness that carries the scent of turned earth and damp leaves, especially near the meandering, quiet banks of Sixmile Creek. To the north, the horizon remains vast and unbroken, a wide-brimmed bowl of sky that turns a bruised, electric violet at dusk, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Sand Ridge hums with the presence of ancient, weathered stone. Just a short journey from the center of town, the calm surface of Elkville Reservoir reflects the shifting clouds, acting as a glass mirror for the slow, persistent turning of the seasons.
Elkville grew from the roots of the coal industry, a labor-forged history that persists in the sturdy, unpretentious brick facades lining its modest streets. The local economy persists through a quiet resilience, tethered to the rhythmic demands of agriculture and the maintenance of the land that sustains it. Residents find a singular, wild serenity at the nearby Campbell Pond State Habitat Area, where the undergrowth thrives in a tangle of green, undisturbed by the hurried pace of modern life. Life in Elkville moves with the deliberate gravity of a place that understands its own boundaries, valuing the slow accumulation of grain in the silos and the quiet, steady work of those who remain to tend the soil.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Campbell Pond State Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 056° NE
- Mystic Willow (Attraction) — 6.3 mi, 179° S
- Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 6.4 mi, 175° S
- Old Train Depot (Monument) — 6.4 mi, 176° S
- Unknown Departed Memorial (Monument) — 6.6 mi, 178° S
- Pyramid State Recreation Area (State Park) — 11.0 mi, 318° NW
- Lake Murphysboro State Park (State Park) — 11.4 mi, 219° SW
- Miranda's Loom Fine Craft Studio & Gallery (Gallery) — 11.5 mi, 209° SW
- Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.6 mi, 148° SE · 91k acres
- Pyles Fork Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 11.8 mi, 171° S
- Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 11.9 mi, 212° SW · 274k acres
- The Carbondale Depot Museum (Museum) — 12.7 mi, 175° S
- African American Museum of Southern Illinois (Museum) — 12.7 mi, 169° S
- Sharp Museum (Museum) — 13.4 mi, 176° S
- Carterville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 13.5 mi, 140° SE
- McLeod Theatre (Theatre) — 13.5 mi, 178° S
- Amplitheatre (Theatre) — 13.7 mi, 176° S
- Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 14.1 mi, 207° SW · 7,712 acres
- Johnson Creek Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 15.7 mi, 252° W
- Blue Dragon (Public Artwork) — 15.8 mi, 168° S
- Rend Lake (Recreation Area) — 16.1 mi, 049° NE
- Crab Orchard Wildlife Viewing Area (Viewpoint) — 17.8 mi, 147° SE
- Little Grand Canyon (Nature Reserve) — 18.1 mi, 209° SW
- Pomona Natural Bridge (Attraction) — 19.0 mi, 198° S
- Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 20.6 mi, 165° S · 4,387 acres
- Clear Springs Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 22.7 mi, 206° SW · 4,739 acres
- Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.1 mi, 237° SW · 16k acres
- Alto Clay Works (Attraction) — 23.6 mi, 191° S
- Larue-Pine Hills National Natural Landmark (National Monument) — 24.7 mi, 207° SW · 1,959 acres
- Cobden Museum (Museum) — 26.0 mi, 182° S
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About This Elkville Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Elkville, Illinois. Coordinates: 37.91005, -89.235916. 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 Elkville includes the ZIP code (62932), telephone area code (618), county seat of Jackson County (Murphysboro), and school district assignment (Elverado Community Unit School District 196).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
