Louisville Illinois Map

About Louisville, Illinois

Louisville is a locality in Clay County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,163. The population density is 600.3 people per km². Louisville is located at 38.7723°N, 88.5025°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 62858.

Louisville rests in a landscape where the land itself seems to sigh with gentle, rolling contours, giving way to broader expanses of cultivated fields. It lies 54.0 miles west-south-west of York, IL (from York, IL: bearing 240°T), and is situated 7.2 miles north of Flora. The air here, especially when the sun dips low, carries the sweet, earthy scent of turned soil and ripening corn, a perfume that clings to the very skin. Great swathes of mature oak and sycamore trees fringe the edges of these agricultural plains, their leaves whispering secrets to the persistent breeze that sweeps across the open country. The sky above Louisville often stretches vast and a pale, washed blue, a canvas for clouds that drift with an almost deliberate slowness, hinting at the quiet expanse of the Illinois landscape. The lifeblood of Louisville has long been tied to the fertile earth, a legacy evident in the abundant farms that surround it. This is a place where the echoes of past generations, who coaxed sustenance from this very ground, can still be felt. The local economy, while perhaps less dominated by the once-prominent agricultural enterprises, retains a deep connection to the land, with businesses catering to the needs of the farming community and processing the bounty of the harvest. Scattered throughout Louisville, and the surrounding countryside, are remnants of earlier eras – weathered barns that stand as stoic sentinels and old farmhouses that seem to hold the memories of lives lived out under these wide-open skies, each with its own quiet story to tell.

About This Louisville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Louisville, Illinois — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 38.772269, -88.502548. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Louisville and Clay County.

Detailed location data for Louisville includes the ZIP code (62858), telephone area code (618), county seat of Clay County (Louisville), and school district assignment (North Clay Community Unit School District 25). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Louisville is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.