Radom Illinois Map

About Radom, Illinois

Radom is a locality in Washington County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 183. The population density is 67.4 people per km². Radom is located at 38.2820°N, 89.1923°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Radom is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62876.

Radom occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois prairie where the horizon stretches flat and wide, broken only by the silhouettes of grain elevators and the occasional stand of timber. It lies 15.9 miles west of Mount Vernon, IL (from Mount Vernon, IL: bearing 261°T), and is situated 17.1 miles south of Centralia. The land remains defined by the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons, with the Little Muddy River carving a modest, winding path just a mile from the center. Light here possesses a particular clarity at dusk, casting long, bruised shadows across the fields that seem to pull the sky down until the earth and heavens nearly touch. To the west, the faint, jagged suggestion of the Pelican Pouch occasionally ghosts the horizon, though the immediate terrain remains dominated by the dark, fertile loam that feeds the surrounding acreage. Beyond the fields, the quiet waters of the I C R R Reservoir hold the stillness of the afternoon, reflecting the vast, unbroken canopy of the Midwestern sky.

Radom retains the steady, industrious pulse of a settlement built upon the hard labor of agriculture, where the rhythms of planting and harvest dictate the tempo of the calendar. The architecture speaks of an immigrant heritage, with brick structures and modest homes standing as quiet witnesses to the generations who broke this soil to establish a life on the plains. Residents often find respite in the nearby Washington County State Natural Area, a landscape that preserves the native character of the region far from the noise of modern industry. Life in Radom operates with a sense of deliberate continuity, where the local economy remains tethered to the health of the crops and the resilience of the people who work them. Every evening, the air cools and settles over the grid of the streets, carrying the faint, dry scent of dust and curing stalks that marks the character of this particular place.

About This Radom Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Radom, Illinois. Coordinates: 38.281994, -89.192299. 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 Radom includes the ZIP code (62876), telephone area code (618), county seat of Washington County (Nashville), and school district assignment (Ashley Community Consolidated School District 15).

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.