New Boston Illinois Map
Explore New Boston, 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.
Interactive Map of New Boston, Illinois
How to Use This New Boston, Illinois Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for New Boston, 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 New Boston.
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 | New Boston |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Mercer County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 41.170311 |
| Longitude | -90.996811 |
| Population | 613 |
| Density | 251.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 61272 |
| Area Code | 847, 224 |
| County Seat | Aledo |
| School District | Mercer County School District 404 |
About New Boston, Illinois
New Boston is a locality in Mercer County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 613. The population density is 251.5 people per km². New Boston is located at 41.1703°N, 90.9968°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. New Boston is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61272.New Boston occupies a quiet stretch of land where the persistent, winding course of Eliza Creek carves a path through the flat, fertile earth. It lies 31.9 miles southwest of Rock Island, IL (from Rock Island, IL: bearing 223°T), and is situated 17.7 miles south of Muscatine. The landscape surrounding New Boston is defined by the expansive, open horizon of the Midwest, a terrain where the sky feels vast and heavy with the promise of changing seasons. Two miles to the east, the stillness of Lake Odesa provides a calm counterpoint to the movement of the nearby waterways, while the distant, dense canopy of Big River State Forest marks the edge of the regional wilderness. The air here carries the scent of turned soil and distant, drying corn, a physical reminder of the heavy, dark loam that anchors the character of the region.
New Boston retains the quiet, deliberate pace of a place built upon the labor of the soil and the proximity of the water, operating as a steady node within the broader agricultural economy. The presence of the Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area offers a singular point of connection between the residents and the natural environment, drawing those who seek the solitude of the riverbanks and the quiet observation of the wild. History in New Boston is not found in grand monuments but in the sturdy, utilitarian architecture that has weathered generations of harsh winters and humid, gold-hued summers. Life here moves in sync with the cycles of the earth, a rhythm maintained by the people who recognize the value of a slow, unchanging day in a landscape that demands both respect and endurance.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 0.3 mi, 181° S
- Mississippi River Islands Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 184° S
- Lake Odessa Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 247° SW
- Mississippi River - Muscatine (Conservation Area) — 3.5 mi, 296° NW
- Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.0 mi, 150° SE · 24k acres
- Cappy Russell Access (Local Park) — 5.4 mi, 212° SW
- Flaming Prairie Park (Local Park) — 8.5 mi, 315° NW
- Louisa County Historical Museum (Museum) — 10.4 mi, 275° W
- Hoover Nature Trail (State Recreation Area) — 10.7 mi, 269° W
- Indian Slough Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 11.0 mi, 287° W
- Delabar State Park (State Park) — 14.3 mi, 168° S
- Rural Free Delivery Postal Museum (Museum) — 14.4 mi, 249° W
- Pearl Bottom Museum (Museum) — 17.5 mi, 352° N
- Mark Twain Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 17.8 mi, 354° N
- Mark Twain Overlook (Monument) — 17.8 mi, 354° N
- Muscatine Art Center (Arts Centre) — 18.3 mi, 351° N
- United States Armed Forces Memorial (Monument) — 18.5 mi, 346° N
- Oquawka State Wildlife Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 19.8 mi, 182° S
- Metal Flower (Public Artwork) — 20.5 mi, 291° W
- Chief Taimah Memorial Site (Monument) — 21.0 mi, 194° S
- Zion School Museum (Museum) — 21.0 mi, 215° SW
- Wildcat Den State Park (State Park) — 21.1 mi, 014° N
- Winfield Museum (Museum) — 23.2 mi, 263° W
- Des Moines County Fair (Attraction) — 26.3 mi, 201° S
- Little Theater (Theatre) — 26.3 mi, 201° S
- Ellison Creek Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 27.3 mi, 182° S
- Ellison (historical) (Historic Ruins) — 30.2 mi, 156° SE
- Davenport Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 32.0 mi, 040° NE
- Main Street Cinemas (Cinema) — 32.2 mi, 244° SW
- Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.2 mi, 048° NE · 274k acres
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About This New Boston Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of New Boston, Illinois. Coordinates: 41.170311, -90.996811. 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 New Boston includes the ZIP code (61272), telephone area code (847, 224), county seat of Mercer County (Aledo), and school district assignment (Mercer County School District 404).
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. |
