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Lawrenceville Illinois Map

Explore Lawrenceville, 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 Lawrenceville, Illinois

How to Use This Lawrenceville, Illinois Map

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

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.

CityLawrenceville
StateIllinois (IL)
CountyLawrence County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude38.729214
Longitude-87.681693
Population4,164
Density742.9 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code62439
Area Code217
County SeatLawrenceville
School DistrictLawrence County Community Unit District 20

About Lawrenceville, Illinois

Lawrenceville is a locality in Lawrence County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,164. The population density is 742.9 people per km². Lawrenceville is located at 38.7292°N, 87.6817°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Lawrenceville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62439.

Lawrenceville defines the quiet intersection of flat Midwestern farmland and the steady, persistent flow of the Embarras River. It lies 30.6 miles south of York, IL (from York, IL: bearing 184°T), and is situated 9.0 miles west-northwest of Vincennes. The landscape spreads outward in a vast, muted expanse of crop rows that seem to hold the heat of the afternoon long after the sun has begun to slant toward the horizon. Three miles to the east, the water of Beaver Pond remains still, reflecting the wide, unencumbered sky, while the faint, hazy outline of the Chimney Pier Hills marks the distant limit of the view. A mile from the center, the grounds of Wishnick Park offer a space where the earth feels anchored, providing a brief, green respite from the surrounding geometry of fields. The light here has a specific, heavy quality at dusk, turning the dust kicked up from county roads into a fine, golden haze that settles over the trees.

Lawrenceville carries the weight of a regional history built upon the extraction of resources and the rhythm of the soil. The local economy has long been tethered to the land and the industrial ambitions that once transformed this stretch of the interior, leaving behind a character shaped by labor and the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons. Eight miles away, the expanse of the Vincennes Prairie serves as a reminder of the original geography that influenced early settlement patterns and the orientation of the streets. Life in Lawrenceville maintains a steady, predictable cadence, where the architecture of brick and limestone reflects a sturdier era of construction. The people move through their days with a quiet focus, shaped by a landscape that demands consistency and recognizes the value of work performed far from the distractions of the coast.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Wishnick Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 176° S
  • Lawrenceville City Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 225° SW
  • Embarras River Bottoms State Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 175° S
  • Wabash River - Mount Carmel (Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 135° SE
  • Red Hills State Park (State Conservation Area) — 7.7 mi, 271° W
  • Robeson Hills Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 8.3 mi, 100° E
  • Francis Vigo (Monument) — 8.6 mi, 114° SE
  • Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Monument) — 9.1 mi, 113° SE
  • Vincennes Elks Golf Club (Park) — 10.4 mi, 107° E
  • Fox Ridge Country Club (Park) — 11.3 mi, 100° E
  • White Oak Public Access Site/ Public Fishing Area (State Recreation Area) — 14.7 mi, 087° E
  • Carnegie Museum (Museum) — 21.6 mi, 270° W
  • Merom Bluff (Viewpoint) — 23.4 mi, 015° N
  • Gibson Lake Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 24.9 mi, 190° S
  • Farm Service Agency Interest Of In (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.2 mi, 127° SE · 462 acres
  • Gibson County Visitors & Tourism (Attraction) — 26.5 mi, 167° S
  • Fifty-Eighth Indiana Regiment Monument (Monument) — 26.5 mi, 167° S
  • Beall Woods Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 26.7 mi, 197° S
  • Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.7 mi, 189° S · 20k acres
  • Daviess County Museum (Museum) — 27.9 mi, 100° E
  • 4-way Bridge (Attraction) — 31.6 mi, 049° NE
  • Company F. 42nd Indiana Monument (Public Artwork) — 32.6 mi, 146° SE
  • Porch Swing (Attraction) — 42.8 mi, 337° NW
  • Archaeological Dig (Historic Ruins) — 43.5 mi, 199° S
  • The Atheneum & Visitors Center at Historic New Harmony (Museum) — 43.6 mi, 199° S
  • Thrall's Opera House (Theatre) — 43.6 mi, 198° S
  • Hoosier Salon (Gallery) — 43.6 mi, 198° S
  • New Harmony Contemporary Gallery & Shop (Gallery) — 43.6 mi, 198° S
  • Matthias Scholle House (Museum) — 43.6 mi, 198° S
  • Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 45.6 mi, 096° E · 204k acres

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About This Lawrenceville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lawrenceville, Illinois. Coordinates: 38.729214, -87.681693. 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 Lawrenceville includes the ZIP code (62439), telephone area code (217), county seat of Lawrence County (Lawrenceville), and school district assignment (Lawrence County Community Unit District 20).

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.