Elmwood Illinois Map

About Elmwood, Illinois

Elmwood is a locality in Lake County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,058. The population density is 569.2 people per km². Elmwood is located at 40.7804°N, 89.9661°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Elmwood is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 60047, 61529.

Elmwood occupies a quiet expanse of the Midwestern interior, defined by the persistent, low-slung movement of North Flint Creek as it carves a path through the flat, fertile earth. It lies 1.2 miles north of Lake Zurich, IL (from Lake Zurich, IL: bearing 0°T), and is situated 7.8 miles north-northwest of Palatine. The landscape here is characterized by an immense, open horizon where the sky claims more territory than the land, pressing down upon the fields with a vast, pale clarity. At the center of this terrain, Echo Lake holds the stillness of the plains, reflecting the changing light of the seasons in its dark, glassy surface. Directly adjacent, White Oaks Pond Park offers a modest sanctuary of native grasses and shade, grounding Elmwood in a geography of prairie remnants and quiet, alluvial soil.

Agriculture has long dictated the pulse of Elmwood, with the rhythms of planting and harvest shaping the local economy and the daily expectations of its residents. The architecture reflects a legacy of brick and sturdy timber, standing as a testament to those who settled the grid long ago to work the rich, black loam of the region. While the distant silhouette of Bald Knob sits far to the horizon, the immediate life of the place is measured in the steady passage of machinery along rural roads and the slow drift of clouds over the corn and soybean rows. Elmwood maintains a deliberate pace, a persistent hum of industry and domestic life that feels entirely removed from the frantic noise of larger urban centers, favoring instead the quietude of a life lived close to the turning of the earth.

About This Elmwood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Elmwood, Illinois. Coordinates: 40.780378, -89.966141. 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 Elmwood includes the ZIP code (60047, 61529), telephone area code (312, 773, 815), county seat of Lake County (Waukegan), and school district assignment (Elmwood Community Unit School District 322).

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.