Nora Illinois Map

About Nora, Illinois

Nora is a locality in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 107. The population density is 49.8 people per km². Nora is located at 42.4558°N, 89.9454°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Nora is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61059.

Nora emerges from the Illinois landscape as a quiet collection of structures defined by the vast, open horizon of the Midwestern plains. It lies 19.9 miles west-northwest of Freeport, IL (from Freeport, IL: bearing 304°T), and is situated 8.2 miles northwest of Lena. The land surrounding Nora is defined by the steady, patient flow of the South Fork Apple River, which meanders through the terrain just a mile away, carving subtle shifts into the earth. To the west, the distant rise of Pea Ridge breaks the flat line of the sky, offering a faint, jagged silhouette against the amber glow of late afternoon. Within the immediate footprint of the village, Nora Park provides a small, green anchor where the wind sweeps across the grasses, carrying the scent of damp soil and the seasonal transition of the crops that stretch toward the edges of the horizon.

Economic life in Nora remains tethered to the rhythms of the soil and the legacy of agricultural industry that has long sustained the families residing here. Beyond the village limits, the landscape shifts toward the recreational quiet of Lake Le-Aqua-Na, a short distance away for those seeking the stillness of water, or toward the Pine Ridge Nature Trail for a walk through the timber. The pace of daily existence is measured by the changing colors of the fields and the reliable passage of the seasons, rather than the frenetic energy of larger hubs. History here is kept not in grand monuments, but in the enduring utility of the local architecture and the persistent, unpretentious labor that keeps the community functioning as it has for generations.

About This Nora Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Nora, Illinois. Coordinates: 42.455842, -89.945401. 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 Nora includes the ZIP code (61059), telephone area code (847, 224), county seat of Jo Daviess County (Galena), and school district assignment (Warren Community Unit School District 205).

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.