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Jewett Illinois Map

Explore Jewett, 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 Jewett, Illinois

How to Use This Jewett, Illinois Map

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

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	Jewett
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Cumberland County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	39.207817
Longitude	-88.245874
Population	196
Density	75.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62436
Area Code	217
County Seat	Toledo
School District	Cumberland Community Unit School District 77

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About Jewett, Illinois

Jewett is a locality in Cumberland County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 196. The population density is 75.3 people per km². Jewett is located at 39.2078°N, 88.2459°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Jewett is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62436.

Jewett emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of central Illinois as a collection of quiet structures defined by the steady, unyielding geometry of the plains. It lies 17.1 miles east-northeast of Effingham, IL (from Effingham, IL: bearing 69°T), and is situated 15.6 miles north-northwest of Newton. Beyond the edge of the grid, the landscape softens into the low-lying basin of Austin Hollow, while the proximity of Cottonwood Creek provides a rhythmic, winding boundary that shapes the local drainage. A few miles to the east, the stillness of Woodbury Lake mirrors the vast, pale sky, and the expanse of the Cecil E. Meeker State Habitat Area offers a reprieve of wild grasses and thickets that stand in contrast to the disciplined rows of the surrounding fields. When the light of late afternoon slants across the earth, the color of the soil turns to a deep, bruised umber, casting long, thin shadows that stretch toward the distant silhouette of Fox Ridge.

Jewett persists as a place where the economy remains tethered to the slow, seasonal pulse of agriculture, a life governed by the cycle of planting and harvest that has anchored these families for generations. The legacy of the railroad once dictated the orientation of the streets, leaving behind a spatial logic that persists even as the modern world flows past on nearby highways. Life in Jewett moves with a deliberate, singular intensity, focused on the maintenance of homesteads and the shared labor of the harvest. There is a particular clarity in the air here, a dry, sharp quality that seems to sharpen the edges of the grain elevators and the weathered siding of the older barns, grounding the inhabitants in a reality that values utility and the endurance of the land over the fleeting fashions of the wider world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cecil E. Meeker State Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 154° SE
Sumpter Township Park (Local Park) — 4.5 mi, 006° N
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 7.7 mi, 248° W
Dieterich Community Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 12.6 mi, 216° SW
Sam Parr State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.4 mi, 152° SE
Fox Ridge State Park (State Park) — 13.4 mi, 018° N
Swizzle Spoon (Public Artwork) — 14.9 mi, 065° NE
Porch Swing (Attraction) — 14.9 mi, 065° NE
DoD War Memorial (Monument) — 15.1 mi, 067° NE
The Heart Theatre (Cinema) — 16.9 mi, 249° W
Effingham County Cultural Center and Museum (Museum) — 16.9 mi, 250° W
Village Mall Cinemas (Cinema) — 17.5 mi, 246° SW
Woodyard Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 18.0 mi, 015° N
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 20.1 mi, 344° N
Burgess-Osborne Auditorium (Theatre) — 20.1 mi, 340° N
Robert Ridgeway Grasslands (Nature Reserve) — 21.1 mi, 170° S
Two Story Outhouse (Attraction) — 21.9 mi, 323° NW
Hidden Springs State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 23.9 mi, 292° W
Mill Creek Lake and Park (Local Park) — 26.4 mi, 055° NE
Lake Shelbyville (Recreation Area) — 28.2 mi, 321° NW
Lincoln Trail State Park (State Recreation Area) — 28.9 mi, 071° E
American Beech Woods Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 30.0 mi, 072° E
Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 30.9 mi, 309° NW
Clark County Museum (Museum) — 31.9 mi, 067° NE
Clay County Historical Society (Museum) — 33.1 mi, 205° SW
Carnegie Museum (Museum) — 34.1 mi, 165° S
Merom Bluff (Viewpoint) — 37.7 mi, 106° E
Illinois Central Depot (Attraction) — 40.1 mi, 319° NW
Douglas County Museum (Museum) — 40.5 mi, 357° N
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 65.5 mi, 157° SE · 20k acres

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