Explore Henderson, 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 Henderson, 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 Henderson.
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 | Henderson |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Macoupin County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 41.023878 |
| Longitude | -90.353581 |
| Population | 266 |
| Density | 387.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 62033, 61439 |
| Area Code | 309, 815 |
| County Seat | Carlinville |
| School District | Galesburg Community Unit School District 205 |
Henderson sprawls across a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of the Midwestern plains, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under an expansive, pale sky. It lies 25.1 miles east-northeast of Godfrey, IL (from Godfrey, IL: bearing 56°T), and is situated 7.7 miles west of Litchfield. Spring Creek carves a shallow, deliberate path through the earth nearby, its waters mirroring the shifting colors of the season as it winds through the low-lying fields. To the west, the subtle rise of Brushy Mound breaks the monotony of the flatlands, a solitary elevation that anchors the view against the clouds. Only two miles distant, the still surface of Lake Edward offers a cool, reflective counterpoint to the surrounding expanse of soil and grain. The proximity of Gillespie Prairie State Natural Area preserves a fragment of the original tallgrass, where the wind moves through the stalks with a dry, rhythmic rustle that feels as old as the soil itself.
Henderson retains the quiet composure of a place built upon the labor of the land, where the economy remains tethered to the rhythmic cycles of the harvest. The architecture here favors utility and endurance, with sturdy structures of brick and wood that have weathered generations of prairie storms and sun. Local life moves with a steady, unhurried cadence, dictated by the turning of the seasons and the demands of the surrounding fields. The legacy of the region is written into the very geometry of the land, where property lines and fence rows mark a history of cultivation and settlement that persists today. In the stillness of a late afternoon, the light catches the dust rising from the fields, casting a golden, transient glow over the landscape that makes the simple geometry of the grid feel momentarily profound.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Henderson, Illinois. Coordinates: 41.023878, -90.353581. 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 Henderson includes the ZIP code (62033, 61439), telephone area code (309, 815), county seat of Macoupin County (Carlinville), and school district assignment (Galesburg Community Unit School District 205).
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. |