Greenwood Illinois Map

About Greenwood, Illinois

Greenwood is a locality in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 324. The population density is 47.5 people per km². Greenwood is located at 42.3954°N, 88.3836°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Greenwood is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 60419, 60097.

Greenwood occupies a flat, expansive stretch of land where the horizon pulls the eye toward the vast Midwestern sky. It lies 1.3 miles northeast of South Holland, IL (from South Holland, IL: bearing 45°T), and is situated 5.1 miles west-northwest of Hammond. The air here carries a faint, salt-tinged weight, a reminder that the open coastline lies a mere sixteen miles away, influencing the way the light refracts over the landscape. Within the immediate vicinity, the quiet waters of Lake Victory offer a still, reflective surface, while the Calumet Union Drainage Ditch carves a deliberate path through the earth nearby. To the west, the silhouettes of Stony Island Ridge rise against the clouds, providing a distant, rugged anchor to the view, while the low-lying terrain of Kickapoo Meadows absorbs the seasonal rains. At the center of the local geography, Triangle Park provides a green, quiet pause in the daily routine, a small parcel of land that holds the quiet stillness of the surrounding plains.

Greenwood bears the marks of an industrial heritage, defined by the heavy, rhythmic movement of commerce that has long relied on the proximity of Turning Basin Number 5. The economy has historically been tied to the flow of goods and the labor of those who maintain the infrastructure of the waterways, creating a culture built on steady, predictable effort. While the Elizabeth A Conkey Forest stands nine miles away as a vestige of the region's original wild state, the character of Greenwood remains defined by its working edges and the grit of its brick-and-limestone foundations. Life moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands its function, where the sound of wind moving through tall grass and the distant hum of traffic across the basin define the passage of the hours. It is a place that does not ask to be noticed, content instead to exist in the steady, gray-blue light that settles over the basin as the evening draws in.

About This Greenwood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Greenwood, Illinois. Coordinates: 42.39538, -88.383576. 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 Greenwood includes the ZIP code (60419, 60097), telephone area code (708, 312, 773), county seat of Cook County (Chicago), and school district assignment (Woodstock Community Unit School District 200).

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.