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Old Shawneetown Illinois Map

Explore Old Shawneetown, 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 Old Shawneetown, Illinois

How to Use This Old Shawneetown, Illinois Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Old Shawneetown, 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 Old Shawneetown.

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	Old Shawneetown
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Gallatin County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	37.696991
Longitude	-88.136701
Population	113
Density	85.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62984
Area Code	618
County Seat	Shawneetown
School District	Gallatin Community Unit School District 7

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About Old Shawneetown, Illinois

Old Shawneetown is a locality in Gallatin County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 113. The population density is 85.5 people per km². Old Shawneetown is located at 37.6970°N, 88.1367°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Old Shawneetown is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62984.

Old Shawneetown sits as a weathered sentinel upon the high banks of the Ohio River, where the water moves with a heavy, deliberate strength through the heart of the landscape. It lies 43.6 miles east of Marion, IL (from Marion, IL: bearing 93°T), and is situated 19.3 miles northwest of Williams. The air here holds the damp weight of the bottomlands, shifting across the fields that stretch toward the distant rises of Gold Hill and the broader, untamed expanse of the Shawnee National Forest. Sunlight strikes the brick facades of the early nineteenth-century architecture at an angle that seems to deepen their color, casting long shadows that trace the history of a place once envisioned as a capital of commerce. Beyond the immediate reach of the streets, the terrain softens into the quiet, rural textures of the plains, where the silence is broken only by the low rustle of wind through the tall grasses.

Old Shawneetown carries the gravity of its early prominence as a banking center, its grand, columned structures standing as remnants of a time when the river served as the primary artery for the movement of people and wealth. The local economy long ago transitioned from the frenetic pace of frontier finance to a slower, more deliberate existence, shaped by the cycles of the seasons and the unpredictable temperament of the Ohio River. Travelers passing through the region might catch glimpses of the nearby Geiger Lake, a quiet mirror to the sky, or find their way toward the paths of the Beaver Trail. Life in Old Shawneetown remains tethered to the land and the river, a place where the passage of time is measured not by the clock, but by the slow, inevitable reclamation of the earth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 1.9 mi, 266° W · 274k acres
Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 9.0 mi, 276° W · 7,712 acres
Panther Hollow Research Natural Area Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 9.9 mi, 176° S
Pounds Hollow Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 10.1 mi, 230° SW
Hovey Lake Fish And Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.1 mi, 048° NE
Big Rivers Wildlife Management Area and State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 11.7 mi, 155° SE
Confederate Monument (Monument) — 11.8 mi, 094° E
Hurricane Bluff (Viewpoint) — 12.2 mi, 238° SW
University Of Illinois Experimental Demonstration Area Experimental Research Area (Recreation Easement) — 13.5 mi, 232° SW
Garden Of The Gods Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 14.0 mi, 243° SW · 3,978 acres
Cheif Tecumseh Statue (Public Artwork) — 14.1 mi, 269° W
Cave-In-Rock State Park (State Park) — 15.4 mi, 185° S
Bieker-Wilson Village Site (Historic Ruins) — 15.6 mi, 012° N
Herod Cave (Attraction) — 18.4 mi, 245° SW
Homestead of Judge Samuel Elder (Monument) — 18.9 mi, 296° NW
Harrisburg Daily Register (Attraction) — 22.2 mi, 277° W
Lusk Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 22.2 mi, 241° SW · 6,632 acres
Graf Ink Printing (Attraction) — 22.3 mi, 277° W
Fluorspar Miners Memorial (Monument) — 22.3 mi, 211° SW
Harrisburg Remodeling (Attraction) — 22.4 mi, 276° W
Old Wall (Historic Ruins) — 25.4 mi, 241° SW
Harmonie State Park (State Park) — 25.7 mi, 020° N
War Bluff Valley Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 26.1 mi, 229° SW
Murphy Auditorium & USI New Harmony Theatre (Theatre) — 31.8 mi, 020° N
Maximillian Bodmer Exhibit (Museum) — 31.8 mi, 020° N
1830 Owen House Jacquess Parlor (Museum) — 31.8 mi, 020° N
George Keppler House (Museum) — 31.8 mi, 020° N
New Harmony Contemporary Gallery & Shop (Gallery) — 31.8 mi, 020° N
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.0 mi, 271° W · 91k acres
Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 45.0 mi, 178° S · 171k acres

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