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 61. The population density is 77.7 people per km². Muddy is located at 37.7650°N, 88.5167°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Muddy is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 62965, 62946.

Muddy occupies a low-lying stretch of Southern Illinois where the Middle Fork Saline River carves a slow, deliberate path through the heavy, dark soil. It lies 22.9 miles east of Marion, IL (from Marion, IL: bearing 84°T), and is situated 2.3 miles northeast of Harrisburg. The landscape here is defined by the flat, expansive reach of the prairie, broken only by the distant, hazy silhouette of Big Ridge rising to the horizon like a dormant spine. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain dips into quiet, shaded depressions, while the light at dusk settles over the corn and soybean rows with a bruised, metallic quality that turns the sky a deep, bruised violet. This quietude is punctuated by the presence of the Gaskins City Complex, which offers a stark contrast to the surrounding agricultural order, grounding the area in a landscape that feels perpetually caught between the industry of the past and the stillness of the plains.

History in Muddy remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of the earth and the extractive legacies that once drew men into the deep seams of the ground. The economy, long shaped by the fluctuating fortunes of coal and the seasonal cycle of the harvest, retains a certain flinty resilience, evident in the weathered siding of older structures and the way the town organizes itself around the shifting riverbed. Residents navigate their days with an awareness of the Eldorado Reservoir nearby, a steady, reflective presence that anchors the local geography against the vast, open horizon. Life in Muddy moves with a measured, deliberate pace, where the air holds the scent of damp earth and the distant, cooling promise of the Kaskaskia Experimental Forest, reminding those who live here that the wilderness is always just beyond the reach of the plow.

About This Muddy Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Muddy, Illinois. Coordinates: 37.765048, -88.516717. 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 Muddy includes the ZIP code (62965, 62946), telephone area code (618), county seat of Saline County (Harrisburg), and school district assignment (Harrisburg Community Unit School District 3).

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.