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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)
CountyVermilion 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 SeatDanville
School DistrictNorth Wayne Community Unit School District 200

About Johnsonville, Illinois

Johnsonville is a locality in Vermilion 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 emerges from the flat, expansive horizon as a cluster of weathered structures anchored firmly within the deep-soiled plains of the Midwest. It lies 6.3 miles north-northwest of Danville, IL (from Danville, IL: bearing 341°T), and is situated 8.1 miles north of Tilton. The land here holds the quiet weight of ancient glacial deposits, stretching outward in a quilt of corn and soybean fields that catch the golden, slant light of late afternoon. Only a mile away, the North Fork Vermilion River carves a narrow, serpentine path through the terrain, its waters drawing near to the still surface of Lake Vermilion. To the west, the subtle rise of the Devils Backbone marks the distant edge of the sky, while the nearby depression of Cox Hollow offers a modest variation in an otherwise level expanse. The air in Johnsonville tastes of dry stalks and rich, dark earth, a scent that remains unchanged as the seasons cycle through the humid heat of summer and the stark, biting cold of an Illinois winter.

Economic life in Johnsonville remains tied to the cycles of the harvest, echoing a history of settlement built upon the resilience of the prairie. The North Fork Vermilion River serves as a reminder of the wilder, wooded corridors that once crisscrossed this region, providing a sanctuary for wildlife amidst the highly structured grid of modern agriculture. Local character is defined by a slow, deliberate pace, where the labor of the day is measured by the steady progress of machinery across the fields and the long shadows cast by silos against the dusk. While the world beyond shifts with the frantic velocity of the modern age, Johnsonville maintains a grounded stillness, its identity shaped by the proximity of the water and the vast, unyielding sky that looms over every fence line and gravel road.

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 Vermilion County (Danville), 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.