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Georgetown Illinois Map

Explore Georgetown, 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 Georgetown, Illinois

How to Use This Georgetown, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.977415
Longitude	-87.635375
Population	3,143
Density	750.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	61046, 61455, 61846
Area Code	815, 309
County Seat	Mount Carroll
School District	Georgetown-Ridge Farm Consolidated Unit School District 4

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About Georgetown, Illinois

Georgetown is a locality in Carroll County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,143. The population density is 750.9 people per km². Georgetown is located at 39.9774°N, 87.6354°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Georgetown is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 61046, 61455, 61846.

Georgetown occupies a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of Midwestern plains, where the horizon stretches flat and wide, broken only by the occasional stand of timber or the sudden dip of a ravine. It lies 15.2 miles southwest of Freeport, IL (from Freeport, IL: bearing 224°T), and is situated 17.1 miles east of Savanna. The earth here is heavy and dark, a fertile expanse that holds the morning light in a thin, pale mist, casting long shadows across the fields that surround the grid of the streets. Two miles from the center, the land drops into the quiet depressions of Dyslin Valley, while the nearby waters of Straddle Creek carve a slow, meandering path through the silt. On clear days, the distant, hazy silhouette of Hardpan Ridge provides a jagged anchor to the western sky, a reminder of the tectonic shifts that shaped this interior expanse long before the first plows turned the soil.

Georgetown retains the deliberate, measured pace of a settlement built upon the cycles of the harvest and the steady commerce of the interior. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the surrounding fields, where the cyclical planting and collection of corn and soybeans dictate the hum of activity throughout the year. Residents often gather at Lanark City Park, a space that serves as the quiet social lungs of the area, providing a reprieve from the labor of the surrounding acreage. The proximity to Lake Carroll offers a cooling influence on the summer air, drawing those who seek the stillness of the water as a contrast to the industrious, earth-bound life of the town. Life in Georgetown feels anchored to the seasonal turn of the leaves and the stubborn, honest work of maintaining a life in the middle of the continent.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Georgetown City Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 039° NE
Georgetown Fairgrounds (Local Recreation) — 0.4 mi, 049° NE
Harry "Babe" Woodyard State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 102° E
Howards Hollow Seep Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 4.3 mi, 047° NE
Westville Depot Historical Museum (Museum) — 4.4 mi, 358° N
Zamberletti Park (Local Park) — 4.7 mi, 359° N
Vermilion River - Wabash Drainage (Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 054° NE
Forest Glen Seep Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 5.3 mi, 050° NE
Treaty Between Harrison & the Indians (Monument) — 6.1 mi, 169° S
Tilton Atv Park (Local Recreation) — 9.1 mi, 358° N
Salt Fork Vermilion River (Conservation Area) — 9.7 mi, 334° NW
Kickapoo State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 10.0 mi, 327° NW
Vermillion County Museum (Museum) — 10.4 mi, 360° N
Danville War Museum (Museum) — 10.5 mi, 002° N
Danville Art League (Public Artwork) — 10.6 mi, 001° N
Peck's Point (Viewpoint) — 12.8 mi, 334° NW
AMC Classic Village Mall 6 (Cinema) — 13.5 mi, 002° N
Kennekuk Cove County Park (State Recreation Area) — 15.1 mi, 347° N
Everyday Heroes (Monument) — 15.3 mi, 002° N
Middle Fork State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.5 mi, 340° N
Trail of Death marker (Monument) — 16.3 mi, 028° NE
Homer Lake Interpretive Center (Museum) — 19.4 mi, 289° W
Turkey Run State Park (State Park) — 22.4 mi, 107° E
Obsons Farm Corn Maze (Attraction) — 22.9 mi, 124° SE
"140 Steps" (Attraction) — 23.6 mi, 105° E
Turkey Run Hollow (Attraction) — 23.6 mi, 106° E
Punch Bowl (Attraction) — 23.8 mi, 104° E
Shades State Park (State Park) — 27.5 mi, 096° E
The Gilbert Gallery (Gallery) — 31.7 mi, 287° W
Cinema Gallery (Gallery) — 31.7 mi, 287° W

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