Greenwood Illinois Map

About Greenwood, Illinois

Greenwood is a locality in McHenry 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 holds a quiet presence upon a landscape defined by the subtle, glacial architecture of the Illinois prairie. It lies 6.2 miles north-northeast of Woodstock, IL (from Woodstock, IL: bearing 29°T), and is situated 7.5 miles west-northwest of McHenry. The terrain surrounding Greenwood reveals itself in low, sweeping swells of earth, punctuated by the distinct geological elevation of Camelback Kame rising to the north. Moisture from the nearby Wonder Lake permeates the heavy air, softening the edges of the horizon where the sun often dissolves into a bruised, violet haze during the late afternoon. The land remains intimately linked to the flow of Nippersink Creek, which carves a deliberate path through the surrounding basin, nurturing a verdant, low-lying ecosystem that finds its most protected expression within the Queen Anne Macrosite.

Agriculture has long dictated the internal clock of Greenwood, grounding the daily movement of the people in the slow, seasonal turn of the corn and soybean cycles. While the region retains the industrious, pragmatic character of the Midwest, the economy has shifted from the labor of the early settlers to a modern existence that balances rural preservation with the encroaching hum of regional development. The history of the area is written in the soil, echoing a time when the labor of the hand was the primary measure of worth. Those who seek a deeper encounter with the wilderness often look toward the Leather Leaf Bog Trail, though the true essence of Greenwood is found in the stillness of its fields, where the light catches the dried stalks in autumn, casting long, austere shadows across the plains.

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 McHenry County (Woodstock), 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.