Frederick Illinois Map
Explore Frederick, 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 Frederick, Illinois
How to Use This Frederick, Illinois Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Frederick, 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 Frederick.
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 | Frederick |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Schuyler County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 40.070048 |
| Longitude | -90.429014 |
| Population | 280 |
| Density | 8.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 62639 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| County Seat | Rushville |
About Frederick, Illinois
Frederick is a locality in Schuyler County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Frederick is located at 40.0700°N, 90.4290°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 62639.Frederick occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois River valley where the horizon is dominated by the rhythmic alternation of soybean fields and timbered bluffs. It lies 25.5 miles north-northwest of Jacksonville, IL (from Jacksonville, IL: bearing 336°T), and is situated 3.6 miles north of Beardstown. The landscape around Frederick is defined by the proximity of Little Lake, a reflective body of water that mirrors the pale, expansive sky of the Midwest, and the distant, rugged silhouette of Spunky Ridge that anchors the western view. Beyond the immediate bottomlands, the terrain shifts into the deep, shaded quiet of Scab Hollow, where the earth holds a cooler, damp stillness even in the heat of an August afternoon. Light here possesses a particular quality at dusk, turning the dust of the fields into a fine, golden haze that settles over the lowlands, softening the rigid lines of the fence rows and the distant, dark edges of the Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area.
Frederick persists as a place where the labor of the soil remains the primary pulse of the day, a remnant of a regional history rooted in river trade and the seasonal cycles of agrarian life. While the Illinois River has long served as the silent artery for the movement of grain and goods, the local economy remains tethered to the slow, deliberate work of the harvest and the management of the surrounding floodplains. Life in Frederick moves with the cautious, steady pace of those who understand the temperament of the river and the demands of the weather, far removed from the frantic pace of the state’s urban centers. The presence of the Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area provides a necessary counterpoint to the working fields, ensuring that the wilder, tangled brush and marshy lowlands remain intact as a sanctuary for the migratory birds that pass through each autumn.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 054° NE
- Schmoldt Park (Local Park) — 3.2 mi, 179° S
- Beardstown River Museum (Museum) — 3.6 mi, 184° S
- Beardstown Postage Stamp Welcome Mural (Public Artwork) — 3.7 mi, 184° S
- Roberts Park (Local Park) — 3.9 mi, 170° S
- Beardstown Marsh (Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 175° S
- Weinberg-King State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.3 mi, 283° W
- Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 10.4 mi, 203° SW · 7,396 acres
- Dr. Charles Chandler Memorial (Monument) — 15.0 mi, 097° E
- Jake's Point Overlook (Viewpoint) — 17.3 mi, 102° E
- Sand Prairie-Scrub Oak (Nature Reserve) — 20.0 mi, 069° E
- Siloam Springs State Park (State Park) — 23.7 mi, 246° SW
- Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.8 mi, 042° NE · 5,262 acres
- Ogden-Fettie Site (Historic Ruins) — 24.9 mi, 041° NE
- Rockwell Mound (Historic Ruins) — 25.2 mi, 050° NE
- Illinois Theater (Cinema) — 25.5 mi, 155° SE
- Strawn Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 25.6 mi, 156° SE
- Prairie Land Heritage Museam (Museum) — 26.4 mi, 158° S
- Fellheimer Auditorium (Theatre) — 28.9 mi, 334° NW
- Western Illinois Museum (Museum) — 29.7 mi, 335° NW
- Looking for Lincoln (Monument) — 29.7 mi, 335° NW
- Abraham Lincoln Plaque (Monument) — 29.7 mi, 335° NW
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About This Frederick Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Frederick, Illinois. Coordinates: 40.070048, -90.429014. 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 Frederick includes the ZIP code (62639), telephone area code (217), county seat of Schuyler County (Rushville), and school district assignment.
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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
