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Farmington Illinois Map

Explore Farmington, 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 Farmington, Illinois

How to Use This Farmington, Illinois Map

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

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.

CityFarmington
StateIllinois (IL)
CountyFulton County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude40.697011
Longitude-90.002312
Population2,389
Density612.9 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Codes60047, 60175, 60565, 61531
Area Code708, 815
County SeatLewistown
School DistrictFarmington Central Community Unit School District 265

About Farmington, Illinois

Farmington is a locality in Fulton County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,389. The population density is 612.9 people per km². Farmington is located at 40.6970°N, 90.0023°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Farmington is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 60047, 60175, 60565.

Farmington marks the transition where the flat, heavy-soiled prairie yields to the slow, deliberate work of water carving through the earth. It lies 9.8 miles north of Canton, IL (from Canton, IL: bearing 9°T), and is situated 5.9 miles south-southwest of Elmwood. Littlers Creek cuts a subtle, meandering path through the terrain, its banks lined with the tangled roots of sycamore and willow that drink deep from the dark, rich sediment. To the west, the horizon is anchored by the distant, hazy silhouette of Hoxie Ridge, while the local landscape remains defined by the open, expansive sky that turns a bruised, singular violet as the sun dips below the fields. Just a short distance away, the quiet waters of South Warner Pond hold the reflection of passing clouds, providing a stillness that contrasts with the rhythmic, seasonal cycles of the surrounding plains. At the center of daily life, City Park offers a modest expanse of green where the grass feels cool and dense underfoot, grounding the residents in a space that has witnessed generations of quiet afternoons.

Farmington carries the weight of a history rooted in the extraction of the earth, a legacy of coal seams that once dictated the pulse of the local economy. The legacy of those subterranean efforts remains visible in the way the land settles and in the sturdy, unadorned brick architecture that gives the streets their enduring, pragmatic character. While the roar of heavy industry has faded into a quieter, agrarian pace, the town remains tied to the cycles of corn and soybean harvests that wash over the countryside in waves of gold and emerald. Life here moves with the deliberate tempo of a place that understands its own boundaries, finding its identity in the intersection of long-standing family lines and the modern persistence of a working midwestern landscape. Whether navigating the path toward the distant slopes of Heaton Hollow or tending to the local harvest, the people of Farmington maintain a connection to the soil that is as persistent as the flow of the local creek.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Farmington Historical Museum (Museum) — 0.1 mi, 312° NW
  • City Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 353° N
  • Farmington Township Park District (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 170° S
  • Wood 'Lks Habitat (State Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 292° W
  • Hiram Wildlife Arealker Rod and Gun (Private Recreation) — 3.7 mi, 272° W
  • Lake Holiday Sports Club (Park) — 4.4 mi, 080° E
  • Nature Conservancy (State Conservation Area) — 4.5 mi, 191° S
  • Hanna City Sportsman's Club (Park) — 5.6 mi, 044° NE
  • The Pioneers (Monument) — 5.9 mi, 019° N
  • Lorado Taft Museum (Museum) — 6.0 mi, 018° N
  • Maple Lane Country Club (Local Recreation) — 6.6 mi, 018° N
  • Canton Country Club (Local Recreation) — 7.5 mi, 191° S
  • Canton Waterworks (State Recreation Area) — 9.0 mi, 174° S
  • Banner Marsh Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 13.3 mi, 146° SE
  • Wildlife Prairie Park (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 14.1 mi, 079° E
  • Ingersoll Centennial Chapel (Theatre) — 16.8 mi, 274° W
  • Spring Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 17.4 mi, 152° SE
  • Statue of Lion (Public Artwork) — 18.1 mi, 072° E
  • Jake Wolf Memorial Fish Hatchery (Museum) — 19.3 mi, 163° S
  • Tazewell County Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 20.5 mi, 115° SE
  • 29th U.s. Colored Infantry Memorial (Monument) — 20.6 mi, 115° SE
  • Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.6 mi, 176° S · 13k acres
  • Studios on Sheridan (Gallery) — 20.9 mi, 089° E
  • Arts Partners (Gallery) — 20.9 mi, 089° E
  • Princeville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 21.1 mi, 039° NE
  • Contemporary Art Center of Peoria (Arts Centre) — 21.6 mi, 091° E
  • Sundance (Attraction) — 21.6 mi, 115° SE
  • Giant Screen Theater (Cinema) — 21.6 mi, 091° E
  • Dome Planetarium (Museum) — 21.6 mi, 091° E
  • Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.1 mi, 191° S · 5,262 acres

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About This Farmington Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Farmington, Illinois. Coordinates: 40.697011, -90.002312. 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 Farmington includes the ZIP code (60047, 60175, 60565), telephone area code (708, 815), county seat of Fulton County (Lewistown), and school district assignment (Farmington Central Community Unit School District 265).

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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.