Mossville Illinois Map

About Mossville, Illinois

Mossville is a locality in Peoria County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 268. The population density is 82.8 people per km². Mossville is located at 40.8156°N, 89.5679°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 61552.

Mossville stretches across a flat, industrious plain where the heavy Midwestern light catches the metallic sheen of industrial infrastructure against the deep green of the surrounding bottomlands. It lies 8.5 miles north of Peoria, IL (from Peoria, IL: bearing 7°T), and is situated 8.5 miles south-southwest of Chillicothe. The landscape is defined by the expansive, quiet presence of Upper Peoria Lake, which mirrors the low-hanging clouds and anchors the eastern edge of Mossville. To the west, the terrain dips into the modest, verdant basin of Strawberry Hollow, while the nearby trickle of Dickison Run carves a subtle path through the soil toward the larger waterways. Beyond the immediate foreground, the distant silhouette of Hoxie Ridge asserts a faint, jagged line against the horizon, providing a permanent boundary to the vast, open sky that hangs over the prairie.

Mossville maintains a character forged by the relentless, rhythmic pulse of heavy manufacturing and the steady commerce that has long defined this corridor of the region. The proximity to the Robert Rutherford Wildlife Sanctuary offers a reprieve from the hum of machinery, providing a localized space where the earth feels older and less hurried. Long-standing industrial operations continue to shape the local economy, creating a distinctive atmosphere where the smoke and steel of the modern era exist in a stark, unadorned dialogue with the natural silt and clay of the river valley. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and cooling iron, a sensory reminder of a place that balances its heavy productivity with the quiet, persistent cycles of the land.

About This Mossville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mossville, Illinois. Coordinates: 40.815593, -89.567873. 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 Mossville includes the ZIP code (61552), telephone area code (815), county seat of Peoria County (Peoria), and school district assignment (Illinois Valley Central Unit School District 321).

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.