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Smithfield Illinois Map

Explore Smithfield, 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 Smithfield, Illinois

How to Use This Smithfield, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.473374
Longitude	-90.29179
Population	191
Density	158.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	61477
Area Code	815
County Seat	Lewistown
School District	Fulton County Community Unit School District 3

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About Smithfield, Illinois

Smithfield is a locality in Fulton County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 191. The population density is 158.6 people per km². Smithfield is located at 40.4734°N, 90.2918°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Smithfield is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61477.

Smithfield occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois interior, defined by the slow, rhythmic cycle of the seasons and the vast openness of the Midwestern sky. It lies 14.7 miles west-southwest of Canton, IL (from Canton, IL: bearing 247°T), and is situated 20.0 miles east of Macomb. The landscape here is characterized by fertile, dark-soiled fields that stretch toward the horizon, punctuated only by the thin, winding ribbon of Baughman Branch, which cuts through the earth a mile away. To the west, the distant elevation of Hoxie Ridge provides a faint, jagged silhouette against the bruised violet of a prairie sunset, while the nearby Harper-Rector Woods State Natural Area offers a dense, shaded reprieve from the sun-drenched flatness of the surrounding farmland. The air carries a scent of turned earth and drying corn stalks, a dry, pervasive fragrance that settles over the low-lying terrain of Big Hollow and ripples across the surface of Clyde Darst Pond, four miles distant, where the water remains still and silver under the weight of the afternoon.

Smithfield emerged from the steady expansion of agrarian life, built upon the labor of those who recognized the potential in the deep, heavy soil. The local economy remains tethered to this primary reliance on the land, with the architecture of the place reflecting a utilitarian history—sturdy, unadorned structures that have weathered decades of wind and frost. Life in Smithfield moves with a deliberate, measured pace, dictated less by the ticking of a clock than by the requirements of the harvest and the changing color of the leaves. There is a quiet resilience in the way the morning light catches the grain elevators, casting long, sharp shadows that seem to anchor the buildings to the ground. This is a place where the social fabric is woven from long-standing ties to the soil, a community where the day begins with the low hum of distant machinery and ends in the profound, unbroken silence of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Harper-Rector Woods State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 302° NW
Camp Ellis (Private Recreation) — 4.8 mi, 181° S
Putnam Township Park District (Local Park) — 5.3 mi, 089° E
City Park (Local Park) — 5.4 mi, 092° E
Living Springs Camp (Private Recreation) — 6.3 mi, 118° SE
Golf Partners (Park) — 7.7 mi, 063° NE
Fulton County Fairgrounds (Local Recreation) — 9.2 mi, 130° SE
Double "T" State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.0 mi, 048° NE
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 12.3 mi, 295° NW
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge Fee (Conservation Area) — 12.4 mi, 130° SE
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.4 mi, 137° SE · 5,262 acres
Ogden-Fettie Site (Historic Ruins) — 12.9 mi, 135° SE
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.0 mi, 119° SE · 13k acres
Ingersoll Centennial Chapel (Theatre) — 16.5 mi, 354° N
Rockwell Mound (Historic Ruins) — 16.7 mi, 134° SE
"walky" Rocky Statue (Public Artwork) — 17.2 mi, 266° W
West Central Illinois Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 19.9 mi, 267° W
Project Dance Company (Arts Centre) — 19.9 mi, 267° W
War of 1812 Monument (Monument) — 19.9 mi, 268° W
Looking for Lincoln (Monument) — 19.9 mi, 267° W
Western Illinois Museum (Museum) — 20.0 mi, 267° W
Fellheimer Auditorium (Theatre) — 20.2 mi, 264° W
Spring Lake (State Recreation Area) — 20.2 mi, 096° E
McKee Softball Stadium (Stadium) — 20.6 mi, 270° W
Alfred D. Boyer Stadium (Stadium) — 20.8 mi, 270° W
Jake Wolf Memorial Fish Hatchery (Museum) — 21.2 mi, 098° E
Farmington Historical Museum (Museum) — 21.7 mi, 044° NE
Thistle Hills Land and Water Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 22.9 mi, 271° W
Banner Marsh Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 23.0 mi, 079° E
Lorado Taft Museum (Museum) — 27.2 mi, 039° NE

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