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Franklinville Illinois Map

Explore Franklinville, 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 Franklinville, Illinois

How to Use This Franklinville, Illinois Map

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

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	Franklinville
State	Illinois (IL)
County	McHenry County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	42.276689
Longitude	-88.511202
Population	38
Density	88.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	60098
Area Code	312, 773
County Seat	Woodstock
School District	Woodstock Community Unit School District 200

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About Franklinville, Illinois

Franklinville is a locality in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 38. The population density is 88.4 people per km². Franklinville is located at 42.2767°N, 88.5112°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 60098.

Franklinville occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois prairie, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under a sky that seems to hold more weight than the earth itself. It lies 4.1 miles southwest of Woodstock, IL (from Woodstock, IL: bearing 231°T), and is situated 8.6 miles north-northwest of Huntley. The landscape is defined by the slow, deliberate movement of the Kishwaukee River, which snakes through the local terrain just a mile from the center of Franklinville, carving subtle depressions into the heavy, dark soil. To the northwest, the land rises slightly toward the distant, modest elevation of Camelback Kame, while the nearby Pleasant Valley Northwest Addition offers a preserved stretch of grass and timber that breaks the monotony of the surrounding agricultural fields. During the late autumn, the light turns a brittle, pale gold, illuminating the stubble of harvested corn and casting long, sharp shadows that emphasize the vastness of the Midwestern plain.

Franklinville grew from the quiet necessity of the nineteenth-century agricultural expansion, serving as a point of collection for the grain and livestock produced on the surrounding acreage. The economy remains rooted in the rhythm of the seasons, though the modern machinery of the fields has replaced the labor-intensive practices of the early settlers. Residents often travel toward the clearer, deeper waters of Lily Lake for respite, finding a stillness there that contrasts with the workday pulse of the local thoroughfares. While the town lacks the density of larger industrial centers, it maintains a distinct character shaped by its distance from urban sprawl and its proximity to the Hampshire Forest Preserve, where the tangled density of the woods offers a stark, green counterpoint to the open, orderly rows of the farms.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pleasant Valley Northwest Addition (Local Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 165° S
Jumping Pillow (Attraction) — 2.1 mi, 129° SE
All Seasons Apple Orchard (Attraction) — 2.1 mi, 133° SE
Sue's Sandbox (Attraction) — 2.1 mi, 130° SE
Inflatables (Attraction) — 2.2 mi, 131° SE
Westwood Nature Area (Local Park) — 2.2 mi, 037° NE
Pleasant Valley 12 (Local Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 167° S
Pleasant Valley 13 (State Recreation Area) — 2.7 mi, 158° S
Pleasant Valley 10 (State Recreation Area) — 2.8 mi, 135° SE
Pleasant Valley 11 (State Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 152° SE
Emricson Park (Local Park) — 3.0 mi, 042° NE
McHenry County Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 3.3 mi, 209° SW
HUM Railroad Prairie East (Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 192° S
Woodstock Opera House (Theatre) — 4.2 mi, 051° NE
Bill Murray Stepped Here (Monument) — 4.2 mi, 051° NE
Marengo Ridge 5 (State Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 277° W
Planetarium Display (Public Artwork) — 7.4 mi, 098° E
Parker Fen Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 7.9 mi, 085° E
Huntley Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 8.7 mi, 150° SE
Ravenstone Castle (Historic Castle / Fort) — 9.5 mi, 326° NW
Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.6 mi, 021° N · 638 acres
Trails of Woods Creek Natural Area (Nature Reserve) — 10.6 mi, 135° SE
Harvard Historical Museum (Museum) — 11.2 mi, 333° NW
Dome Hill Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 11.7 mi, 120° SE
Wonder Lake Bible Church (Monument) — 12.7 mi, 042° NE
Morraine Hills State Park (State Park) — 13.1 mi, 081° E
McHenry Downtown Theater (Cinema) — 13.3 mi, 069° E
Lost Valley Visitor Center (Museum) — 14.0 mi, 042° NE
Powers-Walker Historical Homestead (Museum) — 14.3 mi, 044° NE
Chain O'Lakes State Park (State Park) — 19.6 mi, 051° NE

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