St. Libory Illinois Map

About St. Libory, Illinois

St. Libory is a locality in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 628. The population density is 249.5 people per km². St. Libory is located at 38.3625°N, 89.7098°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. St. Libory is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62282.

St. Libory emerges from the vast, open expanse of the Illinois prairie as a quiet collection of structures defined by the slow, meandering path of Little Mud Creek. It lies 17.1 miles southeast of Shiloh, IL (from Shiloh, IL: bearing 144°T), and is situated 9.9 miles south-southeast of Mascoutah. The land here is marked by a subtle, tectonic patience, where the horizon stretches flat and wide, broken only by the occasional copse of trees or the distant, hazy silhouette of Point Lookout rising seven miles to the west. St. Libory sits amidst a landscape where the light at dusk turns the tall grasses into a pale, burnished copper, casting long, thin shadows that stretch toward the water. Two miles away, the protected acreage of Wagon Lake State Natural Area provides a sanctuary of wilder growth, while the quiet surface of Round Lake, five miles distant, reflects the shifting moods of a sky that seems larger here than anywhere else.

St. Libory maintains a rhythm dictated by the cycles of the earth and the enduring presence of agriculture, which has anchored the local economy since the earliest settlers broke the heavy, fertile soil. The history of the area is etched into the modest architecture and the straight, purposeful lines of the roads that divide the fields into a geometric grid of corn and soybeans. Beyond the seasonal labor of the harvest, the character of the place is found in the stillness of the afternoon, where the wind hums through the stalks and the air carries the faint, dry scent of turned earth. Life in St. Libory moves with an unassuming consistency, favoring the quiet strength of small-scale industry and the deep-rooted connections of a landscape that has remained largely unchanged by the clamor of the outside world.

About This St. Libory Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of St. Libory, Illinois. Coordinates: 38.362549, -89.709819. 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 St. Libory includes the ZIP code (62282), telephone area code (217), county seat of St. Clair County (Belleville), and school district assignment (Freeburg Community High School District 77).

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.