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Hopewell Illinois Map

Explore Hopewell, 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.

Interactive Map of Hopewell, Illinois

How to Use This Hopewell, Illinois Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Hopewell, 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 Hopewell.

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.

CityHopewell
StateIllinois (IL)
CountyMarshall County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude40.984759
Longitude-89.457313
Population421
Density143.2 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code61565
Area Code815
County SeatLacon
School DistrictMidland Community Unit School District 7

About Hopewell, Illinois

Hopewell is a locality in Marshall County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 421. The population density is 143.2 people per km². Hopewell is located at 40.9848°N, 89.4573°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hopewell is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61565.

Hopewell occupies a quiet stretch of land defined by the persistent, rhythmic flow of Cooper Run as it cuts through the local topography. It lies 19.6 miles north of Washington, IL (from Washington, IL: bearing 352°T), and is situated 4.6 miles north-northeast of Chillicothe. The landscape here is one of patient horizontal lines, where the earth yields to the subtle depressions of Rattlesnake Hollow and the low-slung, watery margins of Babb Slough just a mile to the west. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain rises into the timbered ridges that define the edge of the Spring Branch State Conservation Area, a place where the air carries the cool, damp scent of decaying leaves and deep, shaded loam. During the autumn months, the light in Hopewell takes on a singular, brittle clarity, turning the surrounding fields into vast, glowing plains of gold and bronze that stretch toward the horizon until the sky feels heavy and immense.

Marshall State Fish and Wildlife Area anchors the regional identity, serving as a buffer between the encroaching sprawl and the untamed remnants of the river bottomlands. Historically, the economy of Hopewell has been tethered to the productivity of the soil and the movement of goods across these interior plains, a legacy reflected in the sturdy, utilitarian architecture that persists in the older corners of the local grid. Life here maintains a steady, deliberate pace, dictated more by the cycles of the seasons and the maintenance of local infrastructure than by the frantic pulse of distant urban centers. It is a place where the work of the day leaves a tangible mark on the hands, and the silence that settles after dusk is profound, broken only by the occasional shift of the wind moving through the canopy of the distant woods.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Marshall State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.5 mi, 031° NE
  • Hopewell Peter Toth sculpture (Public Artwork) — 0.6 mi, 060° NE
  • County Line Hill Prairie (Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 193° S
  • Tri-City Gun Club (Private Recreation) — 1.2 mi, 134° SE
  • Wild Wing Duck Club (Park) — 1.4 mi, 104° E
  • Peoria Casting Club (Park) — 1.7 mi, 192° S
  • Coal Hollow Park (Local Park) — 2.2 mi, 215° SW
  • Lacon Park District (Local Park) — 3.3 mi, 048° NE
  • Crow Creek Marsh (Conservation Area) — 4.0 mi, 156° SE
  • Santa Fe Train Mural (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 204° SW
  • Veterans Memorial Park (Monument) — 4.8 mi, 202° S
  • Town Theater (Cinema) — 4.9 mi, 198° S
  • Lacon Country Club (Local Recreation) — 5.3 mi, 059° NE
  • Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.5 mi, 019° N · 13k acres
  • Woodford State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 180° S
  • Rock Island (State Recreation Area) — 14.2 mi, 228° SW
  • Illinois River State Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 14.3 mi, 199° S
  • Lacroix Rock (Monument) — 15.0 mi, 205° SW
  • Princeville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 15.6 mi, 257° W
  • Peoria Public Schools Stadium (Stadium) — 18.6 mi, 202° S
  • Peoria PlayHouse Children's Museum (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 198° S
  • AMC Classic Sunnyland 10 (Cinema) — 20.3 mi, 184° S
  • Arts Partners (Gallery) — 21.1 mi, 201° S
  • Studios on Sheridan (Gallery) — 21.2 mi, 201° S
  • Ronald Reagan Museum (Museum) — 21.2 mi, 152° SE
  • Becker Auditorium (Theatre) — 21.2 mi, 152° SE
  • Dome Planetarium (Museum) — 21.5 mi, 199° S
  • Contemporary Art Center of Peoria (Arts Centre) — 21.6 mi, 199° S
  • Eastlight Theatre (Theatre) — 22.4 mi, 194° S
  • Fondulac Drive Lookout 1 (Viewpoint) — 22.5 mi, 195° S

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About This Hopewell Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hopewell, Illinois. Coordinates: 40.984759, -89.457313. 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 Hopewell includes the ZIP code (61565), telephone area code (815), county seat of Marshall County (Lacon), and school district assignment (Midland Community Unit School District 7).

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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.