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Little York Illinois Map

Explore Little York, 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 Little York, Illinois

How to Use This Little York, Illinois Map

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

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	Little York
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Warren County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	41.011148
Longitude	-90.74625
Population	283
Density	490.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61453
Area Code	815
County Seat	Monmouth
School District	United Community School District 304

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About Little York, Illinois

Little York is a locality in Warren County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 283. The population density is 490.0 people per km². Little York is located at 41.0111°N, 90.7463°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Little York is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61453.

Little York emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of the Illinois prairie as a quiet congregation of structures defined by the persistent, winding presence of Cedar Creek. It lies 20.0 miles west-northwest of Galesburg, IL (from Galesburg, IL: bearing 283°T), and is situated 8.6 miles northwest of Monmouth. The water carves a subtle, verdant artery through the surrounding fields, its banks lined with dense thickets that anchor the landscape against the vast, open sky. Light here possesses a particular weight, pressing down upon the soybean and corn rows until the atmosphere turns a heavy, bruised violet at dusk, emphasizing the immense scale of the earth. Beyond the immediate reach of the creek, the terrain stretches into a series of modest, cultivated elevations, maintaining a distance from the more dramatic, hidden depths of Jinks Hollow or the sequestered trails of the Henderson Creek Hill Prairie, which lie several miles to the exterior of this primary vista.

Agricultural cycles dictate the pulse of Little York, where the seasonal rhythm of planting and harvest serves as the unspoken calendar for all local endeavor. The history of the locality remains tethered to the soil, reflecting a legacy of homesteading and the slow, deliberate work of refining the prairie into productive land. While industrial expansion has largely bypassed these quiet lanes, the economy remains rooted in the vitality of the surrounding acreage, with the nearby Big River State Forest and the waters of Youngs Lake acting as distant, wilder mirrors to the managed fields. Life in Little York moves with a deliberate, singular focus, where the sound of the wind through the grain often outweighs the mechanical hum of passing traffic, leaving the inhabitants to exist in a state of quiet, sturdy continuity.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Henderson Creek Hill Prairie (Conservation Area) — 7.5 mi, 251° W
Citizen's Lake (State Recreation Area) — 8.1 mi, 148° SE
Big River State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 8.1 mi, 270° W
Monmouth Park (Local Park) — 8.2 mi, 132° SE
Warren County History Museum (Museum) — 8.3 mi, 147° SE
Old Canon (Public Artwork) — 8.4 mi, 145° SE
Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 9.6 mi, 278° W
Putney's Landing (State Recreation Area) — 9.7 mi, 278° W
Cedar Creek Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 10.2 mi, 123° SE
Delabar State Park (State Park) — 10.3 mi, 253° W
Mississippi River Islands Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.4 mi, 278° W
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.2 mi, 303° NW · 24k acres
Blackthorn Hill Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 14.2 mi, 090° E
Oquawka State Wildlife Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 16.3 mi, 238° SW
Ellison (historical) (Historic Ruins) — 16.7 mi, 183° S
Chief Taimah Memorial Site (Monument) — 20.3 mi, 243° SW
Galesburg Civic Arts Center (Gallery) — 20.4 mi, 102° E
Carl Sandburg Birthplace Historic Site (Attraction) — 20.5 mi, 104° E
CB&Q Engine 3006 (Attraction) — 20.5 mi, 103° E
James B. Stockdale Museum (Museum) — 21.8 mi, 104° E
Henderson County Historical Society (Museum) — 22.2 mi, 190° S
Heritage Center Museum (Museum) — 23.2 mi, 234° SW
Garrett-Phelps House Museum (Museum) — 23.3 mi, 234° SW
Snake Alley (Monument) — 23.3 mi, 234° SW
Fire Bell (Monument) — 23.3 mi, 233° SW
Little Theater (Theatre) — 26.1 mi, 239° SW
Des Moines County Fair (Attraction) — 26.2 mi, 239° SW
Ingersoll Centennial Chapel (Theatre) — 30.3 mi, 133° SE
Geode State Park (State Park) — 34.2 mi, 251° W
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.5 mi, 023° NE · 274k acres

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