Explore New Liberty, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for New Liberty, 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 Liberty.
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 Liberty |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Pope County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 37.122 |
| Longitude | -88.447818 |
| Population | 180 |
| Density | 5.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 62910, 62638 |
| Area Code | 618, 217 |
| County Seat | Golconda |
New Liberty sits upon the quiet, earthen spine of the Illinois landscape, where the heavy, humid air of the Midwest settles over the land like a familiar blanket. It lies 8.8 miles east-northeast of Paducah, KY (from Paducah, KY: bearing 72°T), and is situated 8.6 miles north-northeast of Reidland. The horizon is defined by the steady, unyielding presence of the Ohio River, which carves a deep, dark path through the soil just a mile from the center of New Liberty, its current pulling the light of the afternoon into a long, shimmering ribbon of gray. Beyond the riverbanks, the terrain rises into the modest, forested elevation of Saunders Ridge, a silent sentinel that guards the eastern boundary of the region. Nearby, the still, reflective water of Burgess Pond holds the sky in its glassy surface, while the dense, tangled undergrowth of Round Pond Fee offers a sanctuary for the local fauna, keeping the wild pulse of the plains alive amidst the quietude of the fields.
Agriculture remains the primary rhythm of existence here, as the seasonal labor of planting and harvest dictates the tempo of the days and the character of the local economy. History in New Liberty is measured in the slow accumulation of generations, where the legacy of early settlers persists in the sturdy, weathered architecture and the deep-rooted loyalty to the land. Five miles away, the landscape dips into the quiet depression of Steep Hollow, a reminder of the subtle, shifting geology that shapes the life of every resident. There is a particular gravity to the way the sun slips behind the trees at dusk, casting long, lean shadows across the fields that seem to stretch back toward the founding days of the settlement, grounding New Liberty in a sense of place that requires no fanfare to command respect.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of New Liberty, Illinois. Coordinates: 37.122, -88.447818. 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 Liberty includes the ZIP code (62910, 62638), telephone area code (618, 217), county seat of Pope County (Golconda), and school district assignment.
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. |