Ruma Illinois Map

About Ruma, Illinois

Ruma is a locality in Randolph County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 313. The population density is 162.9 people per km². Ruma is located at 38.1351°N, 89.9979°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ruma is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62278.

Ruma occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois interior, where the horizon stretches wide across flat, fertile plains that seem to drink in the golden light of late afternoon. It lies 16.1 miles south-southeast of Waterloo, IL (from Waterloo, IL: bearing 149°T), and is situated 5.3 miles south of Red Bud. The land around Ruma exhibits a gentle, rhythmic quality, defined by the steady presence of Horse Creek two miles away and the expansive reach of Horse Prairie just four miles to the west. On clear days, the distant silhouette of Tamarawa Ridge provides a faint, jagged anchor to the western sky, while the Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area maintains a dense, protected corridor of greenery only three miles from the center of the village. The air here holds the scent of damp earth and drying stalks, a stillness that feels heavy with the quiet labor of the seasons.

Ruma sustains itself through the quiet diligence of agriculture, a practice that has defined the rhythm of daily life here since the early settlers first turned the heavy, dark soil. The economy remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest, with the vast fields of corn and soybeans serving as both the livelihood and the primary landscape for the people who reside here. Beyond the reach of the local acreage, the proximity of Schaffner Lake, six miles away, offers a rare, calm focal point for those seeking a reprieve from the relentless linearity of the surrounding grid. The character of Ruma is composed of these steady, unadorned patterns, where the passage of time is marked not by grand events, but by the slow, deliberate transition of the fields from green to gold, and eventually to the muted, skeletal gray of winter.

About This Ruma Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ruma, Illinois. Coordinates: 38.135051, -89.997886. 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 Ruma includes the ZIP code (62278), telephone area code (217), county seat of Randolph County (Chester), and school district assignment (Red Bud Community Unit School District 132).

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.