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Plainville Illinois Map

Explore Plainville, 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 Plainville, Illinois

How to Use This Plainville, Illinois Map

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

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	Plainville
State	Illinois (IL)
County	Adams County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	39.78588
Longitude	-91.185419
Population	271
Density	445.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62365
Area Code	217
County Seat	Quincy
School District	Payson Community Unit School District 1

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About Plainville, Illinois

Plainville is a locality in Adams County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 271. The population density is 445.2 people per km². Plainville is located at 39.7859°N, 91.1854°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Plainville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62365.

Plainville emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of the Illinois prairie like a quiet gathering of brick and timber held fast against the vast, open sky. It lies 15.8 miles southeast of Quincy, IL (from Quincy, IL: bearing 131°T), and is situated 10.6 miles east-northeast of Hannibal. The landscape stretches out in a mosaic of corn and soybean fields, broken only by the thin, ribbon-like path of Anderson Branch, which winds its way through the earth just a mile from the center. To the west, the distant elevation of Long Ridge interrupts the otherwise level plane, while the deeper earth of Possum Hollow dips into the shadows four miles away. When the sun begins its slow descent, the light catches the dust motes in the stagnant air, turning the fields a bruised, burnished gold that makes the entire expanse of Plainville feel as though it is breathing in the cooling heat of the day.

Plainville carries the weight of a long agricultural inheritance, where the rhythm of the seasons still dictates the pulse of commerce and the turn of the work week. Beyond the immediate grid of the streets, the quiet waters of Mayer Pond offer a place of stillness, reflecting the shifting clouds that dominate the Midwestern firmament. Residents often seek the quietude of the nearby Fall Creek Scenic Overlook State Natural Area, finding a respite among the trees that stand in stark contrast to the managed rows of the surrounding farmland. The economy remains tethered to the soil, a steady and unyielding labor that defines the character of the people who call Plainville home, grounding their daily lives in the persistent, honest toil of the harvest.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Fall Creek Scenic Overlook State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.4 mi, 274° W
Hadley Creek (State Recreation Area) — 6.3 mi, 157° SE
Burton Cave State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 335° NW
Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 9.1 mi, 213° SW
Mark Twain Steamboat Pilot (Public Artwork) — 10.4 mi, 241° SW
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 10.5 mi, 241° SW
Art Gallery 310 (Gallery) — 10.5 mi, 241° SW
Riverview Park (Local Park) — 10.5 mi, 245° SW
Scenic Overlook Mark Twain Memorial Bridge (Viewpoint) — 10.5 mi, 246° SW
Samuel Langhorne Clemens "Mark Twain" Statue (Monument) — 10.6 mi, 246° SW
William Henry Hatch (Monument) — 10.7 mi, 240° SW
Bay Island Conservation Area (Nature Reserve) — 11.0 mi, 252° W
Siloam Springs State Park (State Park) — 14.1 mi, 063° NE
Drift Island (Conservation Area) — 14.3 mi, 176° S
Bridge Foundation (Historic Ruins) — 14.9 mi, 064° NE
Lincoln-Douglas Debate Museum (Museum) — 15.6 mi, 311° NW
History Museum on the Square (Museum) — 15.6 mi, 310° NW
Soulard Access (State Recreation Area) — 16.3 mi, 297° NW
All Wars Museum (Museum) — 16.3 mi, 315° NW
Dr. J.W. Well Nature Park (Nature Reserve) — 18.5 mi, 275° W
Wakonda State Park (State Park) — 22.1 mi, 311° NW
Karl's Movies (Cinema) — 24.4 mi, 163° S
John Stoeckley's Reflections of Missouri Gallery (Gallery) — 24.4 mi, 163° S
Great River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.0 mi, 157° SE · 10k acres
Naples Mound 8 (Historic Ruins) — 29.2 mi, 102° E
Canton CB&Q Depot (Attraction) — 29.5 mi, 324° NW
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mo (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.2 mi, 325° NW · 3,906 acres
Indian Creek (Theatre) — 33.5 mi, 238° SW
Vandalia Historical Center (Museum) — 36.7 mi, 206° SW
Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 75.9 mi, 219° SW · 1.5M acres

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