Ste. Marie Illinois Map

About Ste. Marie, Illinois

Ste. Marie is a locality in Jasper County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 238. The population density is 82.9 people per km². Ste. Marie is located at 38.9300°N, 88.0278°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ste. Marie is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62459.

Ste. Marie occupies a quiet stretch of Illinois farmland where the flat, fertile horizon is broken only by the thin, dark line of trees following the Embarras River. It lies 26.7 miles southwest of York, IL (from York, IL: bearing 231°T), and is situated 8.4 miles east-southeast of Newton. The air here holds the scent of damp earth and drying stalks, a heavy stillness that settles over the fields long before the sun dips below the western edge of the plain. To the east, the land rises in subtle shifts toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Pleasant Ridge, while the quiet waters of Horseshoe Pond remain tucked away six miles from the village center. Light at dusk takes on a peculiar, bruised quality, casting long shadows across the black soil and turning the vast sky into a deepening shade of slate.

French settlers first marked this ground, leaving behind a legacy that lingers in the layout of the streets and the enduring resilience of the local agricultural economy. Life in Ste. Marie moves in sync with the seasonal rotation of corn and soybeans, a cycle of planting and harvest that defines the rhythm of the days. Beyond the immediate fields, the Prairie Ridge-Jasper State Natural Area serves as a sanctuary for the native grasses and birds that once dominated this interior landscape. Residents often find their way to the Lake Side Foot Trail for a walk through the quiet woods, or they simply watch the slow, steady flow of the Embarras River as it carves its path through the prairie. It is a place of deliberate, measured existence, defined not by grand gestures but by the way the wind moves across the open acreage and the way the seasons color the high, wide sky.

About This Ste. Marie Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ste. Marie, Illinois. Coordinates: 38.93, -88.0278. 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 Ste. Marie includes the ZIP code (62459), telephone area code (217), county seat of Jasper County (Newton), and school district assignment (Jasper County 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.