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Johnsonville Illinois Map

Explore Johnsonville, 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 Johnsonville, Illinois

How to Use This Johnsonville, Illinois Map

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

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.

CityJohnsonville
StateIllinois (IL)
CountyWayne County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude38.520873
Longitude-88.538223
Population72
Density130.5 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Codes61834, 62850
Area Code309, 618
County SeatFairfield
School DistrictNorth Wayne Community Unit School District 200

About Johnsonville, Illinois

Johnsonville is a locality in Wayne County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 72. The population density is 130.5 people per km². Johnsonville is located at 38.5209°N, 88.5382°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Johnsonville is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 61834, 62850.

Johnsonville reveals itself through a landscape of expansive, unyielding plains where the horizon stretches flat and wide under a pale, persistent sky. It lies 24.4 miles northeast of Mount Vernon, IL (from Mount Vernon, IL: bearing 54°T), and is situated 13.8 miles northwest of Fairfield. The earth here is heavy and dark, worked by generations into straight, disciplined rows that catch the low, amber light of late afternoon. Only a mile away, the quiet current of Johnson Fork carves a narrow path through the soil, offering a muted contrast to the stillness of the fields. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the land rises subtly toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Fleming Ridge, which anchors the western edge of the view like a long, slumbering shadow.

Johnsonville remains deeply tethered to the rhythm of the harvest, its economy defined by the seasonal cycles of corn and soybeans that dictate the pace of every passing day. The presence of Sam Dale Lake nearby, encompassed by the Sam Dale Lake State Conservation Area, provides a quiet sanctuary of timber and water that breaks the monotony of the surrounding farmland. Life here operates with a deliberate, singular focus, where the work of the hands is held in high regard and the changing seasons are marked by the shifting colors of the crops. It is a place where the stillness of the prairie settles into the bones, and the community maintains a stoic, enduring character forged by the demands of the land it calls home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Sam Dale Lake State Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 302° NW
  • Hanging Rock Sandstone Cliff State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.9 mi, 001° N
  • Sam And Florence Atkinson Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 11.5 mi, 165° S
  • Lincoln Monument (Monument) — 13.8 mi, 135° SE
  • War Memorial (Monument) — 13.8 mi, 135° SE
  • Wayne County Historical Museum (Museum) — 13.8 mi, 136° SE
  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 13.9 mi, 139° SE
  • Little Wabash River (Conservation Area) — 15.2 mi, 056° NE
  • Stephen A. Forbest State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 16.8 mi, 319° NW
  • Clay County Historical Society (Museum) — 17.5 mi, 007° N
  • Stephen A. Forbes State Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 19.3 mi, 317° NW
  • Granada (Theatre) — 24.2 mi, 235° SW
  • Carl L Schweinfurth Museum and Interpretive Center (Museum) — 24.6 mi, 238° SW
  • Cedarhurst Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 24.6 mi, 237° SW
  • Unique Stones (Public Artwork) — 25.4 mi, 235° SW
  • Carnegie Museum (Museum) — 28.6 mi, 059° NE
  • Waterfow Viewing Area (Viewpoint) — 32.6 mi, 223° SW
  • Third Principal Meridian (Monument) — 32.9 mi, 265° W
  • Robert Ridgeway Grasslands (Nature Reserve) — 33.0 mi, 036° NE
  • Fishin' Hole Amphitheater (Theatre) — 39.8 mi, 213° SW
  • Village Mall Cinemas (Cinema) — 40.2 mi, 360° N
  • The Heart Theatre (Cinema) — 41.5 mi, 360° N
  • Effingham County Cultural Center and Museum (Museum) — 41.5 mi, 360° N
  • Party Cove (Attraction) — 42.1 mi, 289° W
  • Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 43.1 mi, 108° E · 20k acres
  • Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 57.1 mi, 173° S · 274k acres
  • Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 57.2 mi, 167° S · 7,712 acres
  • Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 59.5 mi, 204° SW · 91k acres
  • Garden Of The Gods Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 62.2 mi, 173° S · 3,978 acres
  • Lusk Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 66.1 mi, 181° S · 6,632 acres

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About This Johnsonville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Johnsonville, Illinois. Coordinates: 38.520873, -88.538223. 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 Johnsonville includes the ZIP code (61834, 62850), telephone area code (309, 618), county seat of Wayne County (Fairfield), and school district assignment (North Wayne Community Unit School District 200).

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.