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London Mills Illinois Map

Explore London Mills, 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 London Mills, Illinois

How to Use This London Mills, Illinois Map

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

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.

CityLondon Mills
StateIllinois (IL)
CountyFulton County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude40.710595
Longitude-90.266236
Population350
Density197.6 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code61544
Area Code815
County SeatLewistown
School DistrictSpoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4

About London Mills, Illinois

London Mills is a locality in Fulton County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 350. The population density is 197.6 people per km². London Mills is located at 40.7106°N, 90.2662°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. London Mills is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61544.

London Mills occupies a modest stretch of the Illinois landscape where the Spoon River carves a slow, deliberate path through the fertile silt of the prairie. It lies 16.1 miles northwest of Canton, IL (from Canton, IL: bearing 311°T), and is situated 9.6 miles southeast of Abingdon. The horizon here is defined by the expansive, rhythmic geometry of corn and soybean fields, broken only by the occasional stand of hardwoods that catch the amber light of a late afternoon sun. To the north, the elevation shifts with subtle persistence, drawing the eye toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Hoxie Ridge. Within the quiet perimeter of Community Park, the air holds a stillness that feels heavy with the scent of damp earth and coming rain, a grounded solitude that persists long after the light has faded from the fields.

London Mills emerged from the necessity of harnessing the power and transit of the waterway, its early economy forged in the intersection of milling and the steady, seasonal cycles of agriculture. This is a place where the architecture remains tethered to the utilitarian needs of the past, marked by weathered brick and the long, straight lines of roads that mirror the grid of the surrounding plains. Life follows the patient tempo of the harvest, a rhythm that remains largely undisturbed by the frantic pace of larger hubs located miles away. Even the proximity of Lake Roberts, resting quietly just a short distance from the center, offers a mirror to the sky that reflects the unassuming, persistent character of a village that has long learned to thrive in the quiet center of the continent.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Community Park (Local Park) — 0.0 mi, 237° SW
  • Riverside Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 360° N
  • Camp Wilderness (Private Recreation) — 1.6 mi, 266° W
  • Ingersoll Centennial Chapel (Theatre) — 3.0 mi, 271° W
  • Fairview Fin-Feather Club (Park) — 6.3 mi, 163° S
  • Leisure Lakes (Private Recreation) — 8.3 mi, 121° SE
  • Nature Conservancy (State Conservation Area) — 9.5 mi, 115° SE
  • Double "T" State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.2 mi, 132° SE
  • Farmington Historical Museum (Museum) — 13.8 mi, 094° E
  • Canton Country Club (Local Recreation) — 14.7 mi, 125° SE
  • James B. Stockdale Museum (Museum) — 15.9 mi, 346° N
  • Lorado Taft Museum (Museum) — 16.4 mi, 073° E
  • The Pioneers (Monument) — 16.4 mi, 073° E
  • Carl Sandburg Birthplace Historic Site (Attraction) — 16.4 mi, 341° N
  • Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 16.8 mi, 228° SW
  • CB&Q Engine 3006 (Attraction) — 17.0 mi, 343° N
  • Galesburg Civic Arts Center (Gallery) — 17.2 mi, 343° N
  • Poet Carl Sandburg and Nellie the Goat (Public Artwork) — 17.3 mi, 342° N
  • Canton Waterworks (State Recreation Area) — 17.8 mi, 124° SE
  • Blackthorn Hill Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 23.3 mi, 332° NW
  • Banner Marsh Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 24.3 mi, 119° SE
  • Warren County History Museum (Museum) — 24.8 mi, 304° NW
  • Public Triangle (Monument) — 25.1 mi, 005° N
  • Spring Lake (State Recreation Area) — 25.9 mi, 132° SE
  • Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.1 mi, 152° SE · 13k acres
  • Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.1 mi, 162° S · 5,262 acres
  • Ellison (historical) (Historic Ruins) — 26.5 mi, 279° W
  • Ogden-Fettie Site (Historic Ruins) — 26.7 mi, 163° S
  • McKee Softball Stadium (Stadium) — 27.4 mi, 233° SW
  • Project Dance Company (Arts Centre) — 27.4 mi, 231° SW

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About This London Mills Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of London Mills, Illinois. Coordinates: 40.710595, -90.266236. 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 London Mills includes the ZIP code (61544), telephone area code (815), county seat of Fulton County (Lewistown), and school district assignment (Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4).

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.