Explore Marshall, 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 Marshall, 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 Marshall.
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 | Marshall |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Clark County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 39.391425 |
| Longitude | -87.693638 |
| Population | 3,947 |
| Density | 415.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 62441 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| County Seat | Marshall |
| School District | Marshall Community Unit School District 2C |
Marshall stretches across a sprawling expanse of Midwestern prairie where the horizon line remains uninterrupted by anything but the seasonal march of corn and soybean stalks. It lies 15.5 miles north of York, IL (from York, IL: bearing 349°T), and is situated 11.0 miles northwest of Vigo. Sunlight here possesses a peculiar, heavy clarity, turning the dusty air gold as it settles over the flat, fertile earth that defines the regional topography. Little Creek meanders quietly through the periphery, its banks providing a sliver of shade for the local wildlife that slips through the brush, while the more rugged terrain of Rocky Hollow lies far enough away to remain a distant, shadowed curiosity. Within the immediate boundaries, Watertower Park offers a quiet clearing where the sky seems to press closer to the ground, emphasizing the vast, open character of the Illinois plains.
Marshall carries the weight of a long-standing agricultural lineage, its economy deeply tethered to the rhythmic cycles of planting and harvest that dictate the pace of local life. The Lincoln Heritage Trail cuts through the vicinity, marking a path once trodden by those who shaped the early identity of the region, while the proximity of Lincoln Trail State Park Lake offers a sanctuary for those seeking the stillness of water amidst the inland fields. On clear days, one might catch the faint, blue-tinted suggestion of Fox Ridge rising against the far edges of the sky, a reminder of the tectonic shifts that long ago dictated the lie of this land. Daily existence moves with the steady, predictable gravity of a place that values its roots, where the brick structures of the center reflect a quiet endurance against the changing seasons.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Marshall, Illinois. Coordinates: 39.391425, -87.693638. 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 Marshall includes the ZIP code (62441), telephone area code (217), county seat of Clark County (Marshall), and school district assignment (Marshall Community Unit School District 2C).
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. |