New Douglas Illinois Map

About New Douglas, Illinois

New Douglas is a locality in Madison County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 346. The population density is 117.9 people per km². New Douglas is located at 38.9700°N, 89.6665°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 62074.

New Douglas sits where the Illinois prairie begins to soften its gaze, yielding to a terrain of rolling farmland and scattered woodlands. It lies 18.9 miles north-east of Edwardsville, IL (from Edwardsville, IL: bearing 55°T), and is situated 7.3 miles east-south-east of Staunton. The air here, especially after a rain, carries the clean scent of turned earth and the distant, sweet perfume of ripening corn, a scent that clings to the broad, open skies. The roads, mostly unpaved arteries, snake between fields of soybeans and wheat, their surfaces a rich, dark loam that turns to ochre dust under the summer sun. Old farmhouses, weathered and stoic, stand sentinel against the horizon, their porches worn smooth by generations of passing feet, their windows reflecting the vast, ever-changing canvas of the heavens. The quiet here is not empty, but a resonant hum of cicadas in the heat and the rustle of leaves in the breeze, a perpetual dialogue between the land and the sky. The history of New Douglas is etched into the very grain of its existence, a narrative shaped by the hardy pioneers who first carved a life from this fertile soil. Its economy, deeply rooted in agriculture, continues to revolve around the bounty of the land, with grain elevators standing as silent monuments to the ceaseless cycles of planting and harvest. This is a place where generations have worked the same fields, their stories intertwined with the lineage of the soil. Though small, New Douglas has a character as enduring as the ancient oaks that dot the landscape, a testament to resilience and a quiet pride in its agrarian heritage. The rhythm of life here is dictated by the seasons, a steady, unhurried pulse that has sustained it through the years.

About This New Douglas Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of New Douglas, Illinois — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 38.970046, -89.666479. 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 New Douglas and Madison County.

Detailed location data for New Douglas includes the ZIP code (62074), telephone area code (309), county seat of Madison County (Edwardsville), and school district assignment (Highland Community Unit School District 5). 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 New Douglas is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.