Richfield Illinois Map

About Richfield, Illinois

Richfield is a locality in Adams County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 26. The population density is 21.2 people per km². Richfield is located at 39.8153°N, 91.1165°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 62365.

Richfield occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois interior, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under a sky that feels immense and heavy with the promise of rain. It lies 17.6 miles east-southeast of Quincy, IL (from Quincy, IL: bearing 118°T), and is situated 14.8 miles east-northeast of Hannibal. McCraney Creek carves a thin, serpentine path through the surrounding fields just a mile away, its banks lined with dense thickets that catch the amber light of late afternoon. To the west, the subtle rise of Long Ridge marks the boundary of the flatlands, a low silhouette against the dusk that keeps the vastness of the prairie in check. The air here holds the scent of turned earth and drying stalks, a grounded, honest fragrance that lingers long after the sun dips below the level plains.

Richfield grew from the steady, rhythmic labor of generations who measured their lives by the turning of the seasons and the yield of the soil. The local economy remains tethered to this cycle, a quiet persistence defined by the harvest and the slow, deliberate pace of rural trade. Residents often seek the stillness of De Wees Lake for a moment of reprieve, or wander the quiet trails of Hadley Creek, where the land remains largely undisturbed by the reach of modern commerce. Life in Richfield moves with the gravity of a pendulum, valuing the durability of brick storefronts and the deep, quiet knowledge of neighbors who have watched the same fields endure through every changing season.

About This Richfield Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Richfield, Illinois. Coordinates: 39.815325, -91.116528. 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 Richfield includes the ZIP code (62365), telephone area code (217), county seat of Adams County (Quincy), and school district assignment (Payson Community Unit School District 1).

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.