Explore Lisbon, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Lisbon, 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 Lisbon.
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 | Lisbon |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Kendall County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 41.480629 |
| Longitude | -88.455906 |
| Population | 271 |
| Density | 49.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 60541 |
| Area Code | 708 |
| County Seat | Yorkville |
| School District | Lisbon Community Consolidated School District 90 |
Lisbon occupies a quiet stretch of Illinois prairie where the horizon expands in wide, unencumbered arcs of green and gold. It lies 9.1 miles north-northwest of Morris, IL (from Morris, IL: bearing 340°T), and is situated 16.8 miles west-southwest of Plainfield. The landscape remains defined by the deliberate, slow-moving passage of Valley Run, which carves a modest path through the fields just a mile from the center of Lisbon. In the distance, the faint, hazy silhouette of Sand Ridge (historic) suggests a geography that rises toward a more rugged character, though here the earth prefers the steady, flat consistency of fertile soil. As the light wanes, the sky takes on a bruised, violet hue that emphasizes the vast, open silence of the plains, broken only by the occasional rustle of stalks in the wind or the distant, rhythmic hum of agricultural machinery.
Settlement patterns in Lisbon reflect a long-standing commitment to the land, rooted in the agrarian traditions that have sustained these families for generations. While the local economy remains anchored to the output of the surrounding fields, the rhythm of life is punctuated by the proximity of protected spaces like the Newark Forest Preserve, where the dense thickets offer a stark contrast to the cultivated monocultures of corn and soy. Residents often look toward the quiet waters of Milhurst Lake for recreation, a destination that sits far enough away to maintain the distinct, insular character of the immediate area. History here is not found in grand monuments, but in the enduring utility of the crossroads and the persistent, quiet labor that keeps the machinery of the plains in constant, reliable motion.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lisbon, Illinois. Coordinates: 41.480629, -88.455906. 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 Lisbon includes the ZIP code (60541), telephone area code (708), county seat of Kendall County (Yorkville), and school district assignment (Lisbon Community Consolidated School District 90).
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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |