Fillmore Illinois Map

About Fillmore, Illinois

Fillmore is a locality in Montgomery County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 305. The population density is 115.9 people per km². Fillmore is located at 39.1153°N, 89.2790°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Fillmore is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62032.

Fillmore emerges from the flat, heavy loam of the Illinois prairie, defined primarily by the slow, deliberate pulse of the Lanes Branch as it cuts through the landscape. It lies 30.0 miles south of Taylorville, IL (from Taylorville, IL: bearing 178°T), and is situated 17.0 miles north-northeast of Greenville. The horizon here is a wide, unblinking line where the sky meets the persistent geometry of corn and soybean fields, interrupted only by the occasional stand of hardwood timber or the distant, hazy silhouette of White Oak Mound. In the quiet hours before dusk, the light turns a bruised, autumnal gold, casting long shadows across the fields and catching the ripples of the Lanes Branch, which serves as the quiet, winding artery of the local terrain. The air, far removed from any coastal influence, holds a dry, earthy weight, smelling faintly of turned soil and the cooling metal of machinery that defines the rhythm of the day.

Fillmore persists as a quiet node in the vast, agricultural expanse of the region, where the economy remains tethered to the seasonal cycles of the surrounding grain fields. Residents look toward the nearby Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area for a sense of wilder, unmanaged space, finding in its waters a necessary contrast to the rigid, productive lines of the plowed earth. While the social gravity of the region is anchored in the shared labor of the harvest, there is a distinct, inward-looking character to the people who remain, a stoicism born from generations of reliance on the land. Those seeking a longer view of the local topography often traverse the Ramsey Hills Nature Trail, finding that the slow, deliberate pace of life here is not a lack of ambition, but a recognition of the scale of the plains.

About This Fillmore Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fillmore, Illinois. Coordinates: 39.115323, -89.278968. 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 Fillmore includes the ZIP code (62032), telephone area code (309), county seat of Montgomery County (Hillsboro), and school district assignment (Nokomis Community Unit School District 22).

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.