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Strasburg Illinois Map

Explore Strasburg, 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 Strasburg, Illinois

How to Use This Strasburg, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.352538
Longitude	-88.619224
Population	531
Density	379.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62465
Area Code	217
County Seat	Shelbyville
School District	Stewardson-Strasburg Community Unit District 5A

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About Strasburg, Illinois

Strasburg is a locality in Shelby County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 531. The population density is 379.0 people per km². Strasburg is located at 39.3525°N, 88.6192°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Strasburg is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62465.

Strasburg occupies a quiet expanse of the Illinois prairie where the horizon serves as the primary architect of the day. It lies 15.9 miles southwest of Mattoon, IL (from Mattoon, IL: bearing 236°T), and is situated 9.9 miles east-southeast of Shelbyville. Richland Creek carves a thin, meandering artery through the nearby soil, its banks providing a subtle relief to the otherwise level intensity of the farmland. Beyond the immediate fields, the landscape shifts toward the dense, sheltered timber of Hidden Springs State Forest, where the air grows heavy with the scent of damp earth and decaying leaves. On days when the atmosphere clarifies, the distant silhouette of Corley Ridge suggests a faint, jagged interruption to the otherwise unrelenting flatness of the plains. Light here does not merely illuminate the ground; it pools in the low-lying furrows of the fields, turning the late afternoon stubble into a vast, shimmering grid of copper and deep amber.

Strasburg maintains a measured pace, defined by the seasonal cycles of planting and harvest that have governed the local economy since its earliest settlement. The rhythm of life remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding acreage, where the industry of agriculture persists as the silent engine of the regional character. Residents often look toward the quiet seclusion of Hidden Springs State Forest for recreation, finding a sharp contrast to the open intensity of the grain elevators that mark the periphery of the village. While Hickory Ridge Pond offers a small, reflective stillness four miles away, the identity of Strasburg is forged primarily in the deliberate maintenance of its inland heritage. Here, the passage of time is measured less by the clock and more by the gradual transformation of the crops, a slow, steady pulse that continues regardless of the changing world beyond the county line.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hidden Springs State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 2.4 mi, 251° W
Lake Shelbyville (Recreation Area) — 7.8 mi, 334° NW
Jennings Park (Local Park) — 8.6 mi, 104° E
Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 9.5 mi, 327° NW
Two Story Outhouse (Attraction) — 9.9 mi, 042° NE
Shelbyville Sunken Garden Aquatic Center Park (Local Park) — 10.0 mi, 297° NW
Ball Field (Local Recreation) — 10.5 mi, 289° W
Burgess-Osborne Auditorium (Theatre) — 15.7 mi, 056° NE
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 16.3 mi, 056° NE
Effingham County Cultural Center and Museum (Museum) — 16.5 mi, 165° S
The Heart Theatre (Cinema) — 16.5 mi, 165° S
WW2 Tank (Monument) — 16.6 mi, 057° NE
Margaret Guzy Pothole Wetlands State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 16.6 mi, 323° NW
Village Mall Cinemas (Cinema) — 17.7 mi, 167° S
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 18.2 mi, 135° SE
Rock Cave State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 19.4 mi, 210° SW
Civil War Monument (Monument) — 21.1 mi, 343° N
Illinois Central Depot (Attraction) — 21.3 mi, 342° N
Fox Ridge State Park (State Park) — 24.0 mi, 079° E
CE&I Depot (Attraction) — 24.9 mi, 276° W
NYC-IC RR Signal Tower (Attraction) — 24.9 mi, 276° W
Prairie Wind (State Recreation Area) — 25.2 mi, 359° N
Raggedy Ann and Andy Statue (Public Artwork) — 28.3 mi, 036° NE
Spitler Woods (State Park) — 31.8 mi, 336° NW
Douglas County Museum (Museum) — 35.2 mi, 030° NE
Cheetahs (Viewpoint) — 36.2 mi, 334° NW
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 36.8 mi, 334° NW
Fayette County Museum (Museum) — 37.1 mi, 223° SW
Vandalia State House State Historic Site (Museum) — 37.1 mi, 223° SW
Christian County Coal Mine Museum (Museum) — 38.5 mi, 291° W

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