Russellville Illinois Map

About Russellville, Illinois

Russellville is a locality in Lawrence County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 98. The population density is 94.6 people per km². Russellville is located at 38.8186°N, 87.5301°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Russellville is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 61012, 62439.

Russellville anchors itself to the alluvial bottomlands where the Wabash River carves a slow, deliberate path through the earth. It lies 25.0 miles south-southeast of York, IL (from York, IL: bearing 167°T), and is situated 9.8 miles north of Vincennes. The air here holds a heavy, fertile stillness, carrying the scent of damp loam and the rhythmic respiration of the surrounding cornfields that stretch toward the horizon. Two miles away, the quiet surface of Miller Pond catches the pale afternoon light, mirroring the expansive sky that dominates this flat, Midwestern expanse. To the west, the distant silhouette of the Chimney Pier Hills breaks the monotony of the plains, a faint, jagged reminder of the earth’s older, more turbulent temper. The Wabash River - Mount Carmel serves as a primary threshold for those who seek the river’s edge, where the land yields to the persistent, silty current that has shaped this topography for eons.

Russellville persists as a quiet intersection of agricultural labor and the steady pulse of seasonal harvests. The local economy remains tethered to the productivity of the soil, with the nearby Shaker Prairie providing a vast, productive basin that defines the livelihood of many who work the land. Beyond the fields, the influence of the Greene-Sullivan State Forest lingers in the timbered patches that dot the landscape, offering a dense contrast to the open, cultivated acres. Life in Russellville moves according to the turning of the seasons, a persistent cycle of planting and reaping that anchors the residents to the specific geology of their home. Every structure and road seems to defer to the immense, open sky, which shifts from a pale, hazy blue to a deep, bruised violet as dusk descends upon the flat, quiet terrain.

About This Russellville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Russellville, Illinois. Coordinates: 38.818609, -87.53012. 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 Russellville includes the ZIP code (61012, 62439), telephone area code (847, 224, 217), county seat of Lawrence County (Lawrenceville), and school district assignment (Lawrence County Community Unit District 20).

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.