Jeffersonville Illinois Map

About Jeffersonville, Illinois

Jeffersonville is a locality in Wayne County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 355. The population density is 135.4 people per km². Jeffersonville is located at 38.4425°N, 88.4040°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Jeffersonville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62842.

Jeffersonville occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois interior where the horizon stretches flat and wide, defined by the seasonal shift of corn and soybean stalks. It lies 28.4 miles east-northeast of Mount Vernon, IL (from Mount Vernon, IL: bearing 72°T), and is situated 5.0 miles north-northwest of Fairfield. Martin Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the soil just a mile away, its banks thick with brush and the steady, low hum of insects during the humid afternoons. To the east, the silhouette of Pig Ridge rises against the sky, a distant undulation that anchors the view while the wind carries the scent of turned earth across the fields. Four miles out, the quiet waters of Shady Lake hold the reflection of the sky, offering a stillness that persists even when the heat shimmer rises from the asphalt. The quality of light here at dusk is remarkably heavy, turning the air a bruised violet that settles over the low-lying plains and softens the edges of every fence line and silo.

Jeffersonville grew from the steady labor of those who broke the prairie sod, and the local economy remains anchored to the rhythms of the harvest and the small-scale commerce that serves the surrounding farms. The Sam And Florence Atkinson Forest provides a necessary reach of timber and shadow, preserving a fragment of the landscape as it existed long before the grid of roads was imposed upon the land. Residents move with a deliberate, measured pace, finding a shared identity in the brick storefronts that have weathered decades of Midwestern winters. There is a distinct, unadorned integrity to the way the days unfold, marked by the mechanical clatter of machinery in the distance and the enduring presence of the church steeples that punctuate the skyline. Jeffersonville maintains a character shaped by patience, where the value of a person is measured by their constancy and their willingness to remain through the long, quiet months of the year.

About This Jeffersonville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Jeffersonville, Illinois. Coordinates: 38.4425, -88.404. 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 Jeffersonville includes the ZIP code (62842), telephone area code (618), county seat of Wayne County (Fairfield), and school district assignment (Geff Community Consolidated School District 14).

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.