Explore Greenfield, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Greenfield, 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 Greenfield.
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 | Greenfield |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Greene County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 39.343658 |
| Longitude | -90.212614 |
| Population | 1,059 |
| Density | 238.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 62044 |
| Area Code | 309 |
| County Seat | Carrollton |
| School District | Greenfield Community Unit School District 10 |
Greenfield emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of the Illinois plains, defined by the quiet persistence of Rubicon Creek as it carves a path through the rich, dark soil. It lies 26.8 miles north of Godfrey, IL (from Godfrey, IL: bearing 357°T), and is situated 16.6 miles north-northeast of Jerseyville. The landscape here is one of vast, open sky and rhythmic agriculture, where the geometry of corn and soybean fields stretches until the earth meets the hazy suggestion of Pea Ridge far to the west. A mile to the north, the waters of Coles Lake hold the reflection of the clouds in a stillness that anchors the surrounding farmland. Within the center of the local grid, Greenfield City Park provides a shaded sanctuary where the light at dusk turns the air a deep, bruised gold, grounding the expansive geography in a singular, quiet point of human scale.
Greenfield carries the weight of a settlement forged in the mid-nineteenth century, a period when the expansion of the rail and the promise of the fertile earth dictated the layout of every street and storefront. The local economy remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest, moving in lockstep with the seasons that govern the wider String Prairie region. Brick facades along the main thoroughfares speak to an era of industrious permanence, maintaining a steady, deliberate pace that resists the frantic acceleration of modern life. Between the seasonal labor of the fields and the daily interactions within the park, Greenfield maintains a character of resilient simplicity, where the history of the land is measured not in grand monuments, but in the enduring, quiet consistency of its people.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Greenfield, Illinois. Coordinates: 39.343658, -90.212614. 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 Greenfield includes the ZIP code (62044), telephone area code (309), county seat of Greene County (Carrollton), and school district assignment (Greenfield Community Unit School District 10).
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. |