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North Henderson Illinois Map

Explore North Henderson, 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 North Henderson, Illinois

How to Use This North Henderson, Illinois Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for North Henderson, 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 North Henderson.

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	North Henderson
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Mercer County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	41.089204
Longitude	-90.47541
Population	162
Density	276.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61466
Area Code	815
County Seat	Aledo
School District	United Community School District 304

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About North Henderson, Illinois

North Henderson is a locality in Mercer County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 162. The population density is 276.8 people per km². North Henderson is located at 41.0892°N, 90.4754°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. North Henderson is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61466.

North Henderson manifests as a low-slung assembly of structures pinned against the expansive, fertile skin of the Illinois prairie. It lies 11.2 miles north-northwest of Galesburg, IL (from Galesburg, IL: bearing 331°T), and is situated 15.2 miles northeast of Monmouth. The horizon here is a flat, uncompromising line that drinks the pale, bruised light of late afternoon, leaving the fields of corn and soybeans to darken into heavy silhouettes. Two miles to the east, the channel of Middle Henderson Creek cuts a modest, winding furrow through the silt, its presence marked only by the denser thickets of willow and scrub that cling to its banks. Further out, the landscape holds the quiet stillness of an inland basin, where the air feels weighted by the vast, open sky and the subtle, rhythmic pulse of the earth turning beneath the plow.

Railroad Pond sits three miles distant, a stagnant, glass-like eye reflecting the shift from summer heat to the brittle chill of the coming harvest. North Henderson emerged from the necessity of the rail line, a point of collection where the wealth of the soil was funneled into grain elevators and shipped toward the hungry markets of the industrial midwest. Though the bustle of the steam era has long since faded into a hum of mechanical agriculture, the local character remains defined by a stubborn, practical resilience. Leisure, when it arrives, pulls the residents toward the managed green spaces of Lake Storey Park, yet the true temper of the place is found in the slow, mechanical diligence of the fields and the way the shadows of Pilot Knob seem to anchor the far, hazy edge of the world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Blackthorn Hill Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 5.5 mi, 179° S
Lake Storey Park (Local Park) — 7.6 mi, 154° SE
Lincoln Park (Local Park) — 8.4 mi, 145° SE
Cresent Lake Club (Park) — 9.1 mi, 037° NE
Welcome to Downtown Galesburg (Public Artwork) — 11.2 mi, 151° SE
Galesburg Civic Arts Center (Gallery) — 11.4 mi, 149° SE
CB&Q Engine 3006 (Attraction) — 11.5 mi, 149° SE
Carl Sandburg Birthplace Historic Site (Attraction) — 12.0 mi, 152° SE
Cedar Creek Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 12.1 mi, 205° SW
James B. Stockdale Museum (Museum) — 12.8 mi, 147° SE
Public Triangle (Monument) — 13.1 mi, 095° E
Warren County History Museum (Museum) — 15.7 mi, 218° SW
Citizen's Lake (State Recreation Area) — 15.7 mi, 219° SW
State Historic Site Museum (Attraction) — 19.9 mi, 068° E
Snakeden Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 20.1 mi, 102° E
Big River State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 22.2 mi, 267° W
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.4 mi, 273° W · 24k acres
Delabar State Park (State Park) — 25.4 mi, 251° W
Hennepin Canal (State Recreation Area) — 25.6 mi, 350° N
Ellison (historical) (Historic Ruins) — 26.8 mi, 215° SW
Ingersoll Centennial Chapel (Theatre) — 27.3 mi, 163° S
Fryxell Geology Museum (Museum) — 28.9 mi, 352° N
Deere Cross (Monument) — 28.9 mi, 358° N
Rock Island Arsenal Museum (Museum) — 29.8 mi, 354° N
The Oculus (Viewpoint) — 29.8 mi, 356° N
Abraham Lincoln Statue (Monument) — 30.0 mi, 033° NE
Geneseo Water Tower Fish (Attraction) — 30.3 mi, 034° NE
Davenport Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 30.9 mi, 348° N
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.9 mi, 003° N · 274k acres
Wildcat Den State Park (State Park) — 33.0 mi, 322° NW

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