Explore Hooppole, 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 Hooppole, 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 Hooppole.
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 | Hooppole |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Henry County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 41.522256 |
| Longitude | -89.909831 |
| Population | 180 |
| Density | 186.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 61258 |
| Area Code | 847, 224 |
| County Seat | Cambridge |
| School District | Annawan Community Unit School District 226 |
Hooppole remains a quiet anchor in the vast, flat expanse of the Illinois prairie, where the sky claims more territory than the land itself. It lies 19.1 miles north of Kewanee, IL (from Kewanee, IL: bearing 2°T), and is situated 13.7 miles east-northeast of Geneseo. The horizon stretches out in a relentless, level line, broken only by the persistent geometry of cornfields and the occasional stand of trees that mark the path of the Green River just two miles to the west. On clear days, one might catch a faint, distant suggestion of Indian Ridge thirty-three miles away, though the immediate landscape is defined by the rich, dark soil that dictates the rhythm of the seasons. A few miles further, the quiet expanse of McCune Sand Prairie offers a glimpse into the wilder, uncultivated texture of the region, standing in stark contrast to the orderly, cultivated rows that define the local perspective.
Hooppole carries the weight of a settlement forged by the necessity of the soil, its economy inextricably linked to the cycles of planting and harvest that have governed life here for generations. The legacy of the land is visible in the sturdy, utilitarian architecture that persists, reflecting a history of agrarian labor and the slow, deliberate pace of rural commerce. While the influence of larger, industrial centers remains a distant hum, the life of Hooppole is centered on the local grain elevator and the shared labor of the harvest, where community identity is measured in bushels and the steady maintenance of county roads. Even the memory of the Feeder Basin ten miles away serves as a reminder of the region's historical efforts to manage its water, underscoring a long-standing commitment to shaping this inland environment for the sake of survival and steady, predictable growth.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hooppole, Illinois. Coordinates: 41.522256, -89.909831. 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 Hooppole includes the ZIP code (61258), telephone area code (847, 224), county seat of Henry County (Cambridge), and school district assignment (Annawan Community Unit School District 226).
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. |