Mulkeytown Illinois Map

About Mulkeytown, Illinois

Mulkeytown is a locality in Franklin County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 117. The population density is 240.0 people per km². Mulkeytown is located at 37.9709°N, 89.1115°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 62865.

Mulkeytown rests low in the broad folds of southern Illinois, a place where the land has settled into a comfortable, unassuming posture. It lies 51.1 miles north-north-east of Cape Girardeau, MO (from Cape Girardeau, MO: bearing 26°T), and is situated 7.3 miles east-south-east of Du Quoin. The terrain here is a soft, rolling tapestry of fields, often etched with the dark, rich loam that speaks of generations of cultivation, and punctuated by stands of mature oak and maple trees that hold their leafy secrets close. In the quiet mornings, a mist often rises from these low-lying areas, softening the edges of barns and fences, and lending the air a cool, earthy perfume that carries the scent of damp soil and distant woodsmoke. The sky above Mulkeytown feels vast, an expansive canvas that shifts through a spectrum of blues and grays with the passing of weather fronts, and at dusk, it often ignites in hues of apricot and rose, a fleeting, breathtaking farewell to the day. This corner of Franklin County carries the deep, resonant echo of its past, particularly its long and arduous connection to the coal mining industry that once defined its very being. The landscape, though now largely reclaimed by agriculture and the patient growth of nature, still bears subtle imprints of that era; old mine shafts, now overgrown and softened, hint at the subterranean world that once sustained Mulkeytown. The local economy, while diversified, still feels the residual hum of that industrial heritage, a quiet resilience that pervades the rhythm of daily life. The few, well-worn roads that connect Mulkeytown to its neighbors are arteries that carry the steady, unhurried flow of local traffic – the rumble of tractors, the occasional pickup truck, the quiet hum of a town that has learned to draw strength from its roots and the enduring spirit of its people.

About This Mulkeytown Map Page

This page provides an interactive Google map of Mulkeytown, Illinois with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. 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 Mulkeytown and Franklin County.

Detailed location data for Mulkeytown includes the ZIP code (62865), telephone area code (618), county seat of Franklin County (Benton, Illinois), and school district assignment (Christopher Community Unit School District 99). 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 Mulkeytown is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.