Lynwood Illinois Map

About Lynwood, Illinois

Lynwood is a locality in Kendall County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of approximately 9,116. The population density is 709.0 people per km². Lynwood is located at 41.5226°N, 87.5505°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Lynwood is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 60543, 60411.

Lynwood stretches across a flat, expansive horizon where the heavy Midwestern sky dictates the mood of the day. It lies 2.2 miles west of Oswego, IL (from Oswego, IL: bearing 272°T), and is situated 6.5 miles southwest of Aurora. The land here remains stubbornly level, a remnant of ancient glacial retreat that left behind a fertile, dark loam now broken only by the deliberate geometry of suburban development and light industrial sprawl. Within the immediate boundaries of the landscape, Stepping Stones Park provides a quiet anchor, its grounds offering a brief stillness amidst the steady hum of regional transit corridors. At the edge of the horizon, the earth seems to exhale as the sun dips low, casting long, bruised shadows that emphasize the vastness of the prairie-born plains.

Lynwood maintains a character defined by the practical rhythms of commerce and the steady pulse of a working population. This locality sits just a mile from the Fox River, a waterway that serves as a quiet reminder of the natural drainage shaping the regional topography. While the industrial legacy of the surrounding corridor informs the local economy, the pace of life remains tethered to the seasonal shifts of the interior climate, moving from the biting, gray stillness of winter to the humid, golden intensity of harvest time. Residents look toward the distant, rolling features of Waubonsie Hill or the dense greenery of Sugar Grove Forest Preserve, yet the identity of Lynwood stays grounded in its own pragmatic, brick-and-mortar foundation.

About This Lynwood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lynwood, Illinois. Coordinates: 41.522565, -87.550491. 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 Lynwood includes the ZIP code (60543, 60411), telephone area code (708), county seat of Kendall County (Yorkville), and school district assignment (Bloom Township High School District 206).

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.