Oxville Illinois Map

About Oxville, Illinois

Oxville is a locality in Scott County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 24. The population density is 272.5 people per km². Oxville is located at 39.7048°N, 90.5612°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 62621.

Oxville emerges from the persistent, alluvial reach of the Mauvaise Terre Creek, which carves a modest, winding path through the heavy silt of the Illinois landscape. It lies 17.8 miles west of Jacksonville, IL (from Jacksonville, IL: bearing 264°T), and is situated 14.6 miles east-northeast of Pittsfield. Beyond the immediate basin, the horizon flattens into an expansive, oceanic stretch of corn and soybean fields, interrupted only by the occasional stand of oak or the distant, hazy silhouette of Spunky Ridge. The quality of light here, particularly in the late afternoon, bleaches the sky to a pale, clinical violet, casting long, lean shadows that stretch across the fields until they dissolve into the dark, damp earth. Four miles to the west, the quiet surface of McCoe Lake holds the reflection of the sky, a still, silver eye in a landscape defined by the slow, seasonal pulse of the soil.

Oxville remains a place where the architecture of the nineteenth century—weathered brick and sturdy, unornamented limestone—anchors the streetscape against the encroaching prairie winds. The local economy is tied to the rhythmic turning of the seasons, with grain elevators serving as the primary vertical markers of the skyline, standing as utilitarian monuments to the surrounding agricultural labor. Nearby, the Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area offers a reprieve from the grid of the surrounding farms, where the dense, tangled undergrowth provides a refuge for deer and the occasional rustle of small game. A few miles further, the gentle, shadowed depression of Napolean Hollow draws the eye, reminding any observer that the land is not merely flat, but composed of subtle, ancient shifts in the topography. Life in Oxville moves with the deliberate pace of a freight train passing through the distance, where the sound of the wind through the tall stalks often carries more weight than the hum of the occasional motor on the road.

About This Oxville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Oxville, Illinois. Coordinates: 39.704768, -90.561237. 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 Oxville includes the ZIP code (62621), telephone area code (217), county seat of Scott County (Winchester), and school district assignment (Scott-Morgan Consolidated Unit School District 2).

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.