Explore Mansfield, 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 Mansfield, 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 Mansfield.
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 | Mansfield |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Piatt County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 40.211422 |
| Longitude | -88.506172 |
| Population | 928 |
| Density | 705.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 61854 |
| Area Code | 309 |
| County Seat | Monticello |
| School District | Blue Ridge Community Unit School District 18 |
Mansfield occupies a level expanse of Illinois prairie where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered, defined by the steady, rhythmic persistence of Madden Creek as it carves a shallow path through the black, fertile loam. It lies 5.5 miles west-northwest of Mahomet, IL (from Mahomet, IL: bearing 282°T), and is situated 7.3 miles west of Lake of the Woods. The land here holds the quiet weight of deep soil, flat and expansive, where the sky claims a vast portion of the view and the light at dusk turns the fields into a bruised, golden copper. Beyond the immediate flatlands, the distant silhouette of Yankee Ridge marks the far limit of the plains, a faint suggestion of elevation against the persistent gray of a gathering storm. Within the immediate perimeter, Mansfield Forest Preserve Park offers a sanctuary of native timber, providing a cool, shadowed counterpoint to the sun-drenched agricultural grid that dominates the surrounding miles.
History in Mansfield remains anchored to the patterns of the rail and the plow, reflecting a legacy of settlement that prioritized the utility of the plains and the proximity to reliable water. The local economy persists as a quiet engine of grain production, a cycle of planting and harvest that dictates the town’s pulse and keeps the heavy machinery humming through the seasons. While the bustle of larger hubs feels distant, the proximity of Spring Lake provides a localized stillness, a place where the mirror of the water reflects the changing foliage of the seasons. Life in Mansfield moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands its own geography, far from the influence of any coastline, rooted instead in the enduring, quiet stability of the Midwestern interior.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mansfield, Illinois. Coordinates: 40.211422, -88.506172. 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 Mansfield includes the ZIP code (61854), telephone area code (309), county seat of Piatt County (Monticello), and school district assignment (Blue Ridge Community Unit School District 18).
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. |