Elliott Illinois Map

About Elliott, Illinois

Elliott is a locality in Ford County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 274. The population density is 212.4 people per km². Elliott is located at 40.4648°N, 88.2723°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Elliott is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 60933.

Elliott anchors the vast, flat expanse of the Illinois prairie, where the horizon stretches into a seamless line between black soil and the immense vault of the sky. It lies 12.4 miles north-northwest of Rantoul, IL (from Rantoul, IL: bearing 330°T), and is situated 9.3 miles west of Paxton. The landscape around Elliott remains defined by the rigorous geometry of agriculture, an endless grid of corn and soybean stalks that shudder under the weight of a sudden summer storm or glow with a bruised, metallic violet during the final minutes of dusk. Water moves with a slow, deliberate purpose through the nearby Blackford Slough, a quiet artery that cuts through the fertile sediment of the plains. Far to the west, the faint, hazy silhouette of Yankee Ridge haunts the skyline, a reminder of the tectonic shifts that long ago carved the character of this inland terrain, while the quiet waters of Greenwood Lake provide a singular, reflective stillness in the rural expanse five miles beyond the reach of the Perdueville State Habitat Area.

Farmers and local laborers have long kept the pulse of Elliott, their lives synchronized with the turning of the seasons and the heavy, mechanical hum of the harvest. The architecture of the region favors utility and endurance, with sturdy structures built to withstand the uncompromising winds that sweep across the open fields without pause. History here is written in the steel of grain elevators and the quiet persistence of family-run operations, reflecting a culture that values the tangible output of the land over the frantic pace of the distant metropolis. Even as the modern world encroaches, the prevailing atmosphere remains one of careful observation and stoic labor, a place where the quality of the light—pale and thin in the winter, golden and thick in the autumn—dictates the mood of the day more surely than any clock.

About This Elliott Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Elliott, Illinois. Coordinates: 40.464756, -88.272273. 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 Elliott includes the ZIP code (60933), telephone area code (630, 331), county seat of Ford County (Paxton), and school district assignment (Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Community Unit School District 5).

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.