Panola Illinois Map

About Panola, Illinois

Panola is a locality in Woodford County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 47. The population density is 42.3 people per km². Panola is located at 40.7836°N, 89.0212°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Panola is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61738.

Panola occupies a flat expanse of the Illinois prairie, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a vault of immense, shifting clouds. It lies 18.7 miles north of Normal, IL (from Normal, IL: bearing 355°T), and is situated 3.1 miles north of El Paso. Panther Creek meanders through the landscape just a mile away, its banks marked by the seasonal pulse of vegetation that thrives in the rich, dark soil. Three miles distant, Jefferson Park offers a quiet refuge of green, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Blue Mound serves as a faint anchor to the west. At dusk, the light here turns a heavy, bruised gold, catching the dust motes above the fields and casting long, thin shadows that seem to pull the edges of the world inward.

Panola remains deeply connected to the rhythm of the seasons, defined by the cycles of planting and harvest that dictate the pace of life for those who work the surrounding acreage. The economy is rooted in the productivity of this land, with grain elevators standing as the primary, silent sentinels of local commerce. While Stark Pond lies eight miles out, providing a modest break in the relentless flatness of the plains, the character of the region is defined more by the immense, human-scaled labor of the farmstead. Life here avoids the frantic tempo of distant, denser grids, favoring instead the steady persistence of a place that understands its own isolation and finds a quiet, enduring beauty in the depth of its own silence.

About This Panola Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Panola, Illinois. Coordinates: 40.783646, -89.021186. 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 Panola includes the ZIP code (61738), telephone area code (309), county seat of Woodford County (Eureka), and school district assignment (El Paso-Gridley Community Unit School District 11).

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.