Golf Illinois Map

About Golf, Illinois

Golf is a locality in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 514. The population density is 443.0 people per km². Golf is located at 42.0589°N, 87.7926°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Golf is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 60029.

Golf emerges from the flat, glacial terrain where the West Fork North Branch Chicago River snakes through the landscape, a quiet artery winding past the verdant expanse of Diederich Park. The air here holds a distinct, crisp weight, flavored by the moisture drifting inland from the distant Wilmette Harbor, while the horizon is interrupted only by the faint, jagged silhouette of Rogers Ridge rising against the western sky. Three miles to the north, the Skokie Lagoons mirror the shifting Midwestern light, their surface breaking into silvered ripples under a heavy, bruised-gray autumn cloud cover. The land, once a sprawling expanse of prairie, retains a sense of open-ended stillness that persists despite the encroaching geometry of the surrounding grid.

Golf maintains a character defined by its quiet permanence, a vestige of an era when the expansion of the rail lines and the pursuit of leisure shaped the local economy. The rhythms of daily life are calibrated by the presence of the historic club grounds that once served as the primary catalyst for the settlement’s founding, grounding the local identity in the meticulous maintenance of the fairway and the green. Residents move with an unhurried, deliberate pace, navigating streets that feel sheltered from the industrial hum of the wider region. Beyond the manicured boundaries of private estates and public spaces like Diederich Park, the influence of the river remains a constant, silent presence that binds the history of the soil to the contemporary quietude of those who call Golf home.

About This Golf Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Golf, Illinois. Coordinates: 42.058918, -87.792563. 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 Golf includes the ZIP code (60029), telephone area code (312, 773), county seat of Cook County (Chicago), and school district assignment (Glenview Community Consolidated School District 34).

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.