Muddy Illinois Map

About Muddy, Illinois

Muddy is a locality in Saline County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 67. The population density is 102.3 people per km². Muddy is located at 37.7650°N, 88.5167°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 62946.

Muddy lies low, a quiet exhale in the southeastern Illinois landscape, where the earth rolls with a gentle, persistent swell. It lies 37.7 miles west-south-west of Posey, IN (from Posey, IN: bearing 244°T), and is situated 2.3 miles north-east of Harrisburg. The air here carries the faint, sweet scent of ripening corn and the deeper, mineral tang of soil that has known generations of cultivation. Broad fields of soybeans and corn stretch to the horizon, their green and gold banners rippling in the breeze, broken only by the darker, more secretive green of scattered woodlands and the silver glint of slow-moving creeks. The sky above Muddy is a vast, ever-changing canvas, especially at dusk, when hues of bruised plum and molten gold bleed into the deepening blue, casting long, softened shadows across the unassuming houses and weathered barns. Life here moves with the deliberate, unhurried cadence of the seasons, a steady pulse that resonates with the land itself. The history of Muddy is written in the slow erosion of its creeks and the enduring spirit of its people, many of whom have roots stretching back to the early days of farming and coal mining that once shaped this region. Though the deeper veins of coal have long since been tapped, the legacy of those hardworking days still lingers, a quiet strength in the community's character. The local economy, once heavily reliant on the mines and the fertile soil, now finds its footing in agriculture and the steady hum of small businesses that cater to the needs of Muddy and its surrounding hamlets. You won't find grand monuments or bustling tourist traps in Muddy, but there's a profound beauty in its simplicity, in the way the sunlight catches the dust motes dancing in the air of a general store, or the shared nod between neighbors passing on a quiet road, each acknowledging a common understanding of this particular slice of earth.

About This Muddy Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Muddy, Illinois — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 37.765048, -88.516717. 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 Muddy and Saline County.

Detailed location data for Muddy includes the ZIP code (62965), telephone area code (618), county seat of Saline County (Harrisburg), and school district assignment (Harrisburg Community Unit School District 3). 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 Muddy is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.