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New Minden Illinois Map

Explore New Minden, 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 Minden, Illinois

How to Use This New Minden, Illinois Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for New Minden, 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 Minden.

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 Minden
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Washington County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	38.441439
Longitude	-89.37036
Population	175
Density	243.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62263
Area Code	217
County Seat	Nashville
School District	Nashville Consolidated Community School District 49

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About New Minden, Illinois

New Minden is a locality in Washington County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 175. The population density is 243.9 people per km². New Minden is located at 38.4414°N, 89.3704°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. New Minden is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62263.

New Minden rests upon the expanse of the Illinois prairie, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under a sky that feels immense and heavy with the promise of rain. It lies 14.1 miles west-southwest of Centralia, IL (from Centralia, IL: bearing 246°T), and is situated 6.8 miles north of Nashville. The land here is defined by the North Prairie, a subtle depression that drains the fields toward the winding course of Little Crooked Creek, which cuts a quiet, muddy path through the silt just a mile away. To the east, the distant silhouette of Pelican Pouch provides a jagged interruption to the otherwise level topography, standing as a firm boundary against the far clouds. During the late summer, the light turns a bruised, golden color, casting long shadows across the stalks of corn and soybean that define the physical character of New Minden, grounding the village in a landscape that values patience above all else.

Settlers arrived here in the nineteenth century, drawn by the fertility of the black soil and the promise of a life tethered to the rhythm of the harvest. The economy of New Minden remains anchored in this agricultural heritage, with grain silos serving as the primary architecture of the skyline, standing like sentinels over the local trade. Residents look toward the Kaskaskia River - Carlyle for recreation, finding a reprieve in the managed wildness of the area, while the waters of Turkey Lake offer a reflective surface for the heat of July afternoons. There is a singular gravity to the way life organizes itself here, a persistence found in the brick facades of the older buildings and the quiet, deliberate pace of the people who continue to work the earth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kaskaskia River - Carlyle (Conservation Area) — 4.5 mi, 332° NW
Nashville Memorial Park (Local Park) — 6.3 mi, 181° S
Monument in memory of Ryan Fark (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 189° S
Welcome to Nashville Mural (Public Artwork) — 6.8 mi, 185° S
Washington County State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.7 mi, 174° S
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 11.5 mi, 345° N
Lookout Point (Viewpoint) — 11.9 mi, 177° S
Carlyle Lake (Recreation Area) — 12.0 mi, 007° N
Cardinal Point Witness Corner (Monument) — 12.5 mi, 079° E
Third Principal Meridian (Monument) — 12.5 mi, 079° E
Eldon Hazlet (State Recreation Area) — 13.8 mi, 006° N
Party Cove (Attraction) — 19.6 mi, 015° N
Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 22.9 mi, 258° W
Carl L Schweinfurth Museum and Interpretive Center (Museum) — 25.3 mi, 107° E
Pyramid State Recreation Area (State Park) — 25.3 mi, 184° S
Cedarhurst Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 25.6 mi, 108° E
Granada (Theatre) — 26.7 mi, 108° E
Showtime Cinemas 6 (Cinema) — 27.6 mi, 221° SW
Misselhorn Art Museum (Museum) — 28.8 mi, 220° SW
Greenville University Factory Theatre (Theatre) — 30.9 mi, 356° N
O'Fallon Historical Society (Museum) — 31.0 mi, 290° W
Scenic Red Caboose (Attraction) — 31.1 mi, 290° W
Richard W. Bock Sculpture Museum (Museum) — 31.3 mi, 356° N
Emma Kunz County Museum (Museum) — 33.1 mi, 278° W
Green Root Gallery (Gallery) — 33.4 mi, 279° W
Browns Mound (Historic Ruins) — 34.1 mi, 302° NW
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 40.8 mi, 193° S · 274k acres
Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 41.6 mi, 193° S · 7,712 acres
Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 44.7 mi, 206° SW · 16k acres
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 48.4 mi, 164° S · 91k acres

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