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Thawville Illinois Map

Explore Thawville, 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 Thawville, Illinois

How to Use This Thawville, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	40.675868
Longitude	-88.116155
Population	215
Density	270.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	60968
Area Code	630, 331
County Seat	Watseka
School District	Iroquois West Community Unit School District 10

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About Thawville, Illinois

Thawville is a locality in Iroquois County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 215. The population density is 270.4 people per km². Thawville is located at 40.6759°N, 88.1162°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Thawville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 60968.

Thawville occupies a vast, flat expanse of the Illinois prairie where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered, demanding a constant, sweeping awareness of the sky. It lies 25.5 miles north of Rantoul, IL (from Rantoul, IL: bearing 5°T), and is situated 14.9 miles north of Paxton. The landscape is defined by the rigorous geometry of agriculture, where deep, dark soil supports endless rows of corn and soybeans that shift color from the vibrant, tender green of spring to the brittle, golden hues of autumn. Three miles to the east, the North Fork Vermilion River carves a quiet, meandering path through the earth, offering a subtle break in the otherwise unbroken flatness of the fields. During the height of summer, the air here hums with the dry, rhythmic vibration of insects, and as dusk descends, the light turns a bruised, heavy purple that seems to pull the very edges of the world inward toward the center of the plains.

Thawville maintains a steady, deliberate pace that reflects its long-standing connection to the land and the agricultural cycles that dictate the local economy. While the quietude of the surroundings is profound, the proximity of Durham Park six miles away provides a necessary sanctuary for those seeking the stillness of wilder grasses, and the nearby waters of Laue Lake reflect the shifting clouds with a clarity that feels ancient. Life in Thawville remains tethered to the iron-willed efforts of those who arrived to break the sod and establish a permanent presence in this expanse, creating a settlement defined more by the resilience of its people than by grand monuments. The history of the place is not found in stone, but in the enduring patterns of the seasons, where the arrival of the harvest and the deep, silent frost of winter organize the calendar into a sequence of necessary, honest labor.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Durham Park (Local Park) — 5.8 mi, 061° NE
Loda Cemetery Prairie (State Conservation Area) — 10.4 mi, 169° S
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 11.1 mi, 168° S
Lake View Country Club (Local Recreation) — 11.2 mi, 174° S
Crescent City Fairground (Local Recreation) — 15.5 mi, 056° NE
Herschel Workman State Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.9 mi, 146° SE
JB-2 Loon (WWII V-1 German Buzz Bomb Replica) (Monument) — 22.2 mi, 099° E
Origin of Milford (Monument) — 22.2 mi, 099° E
Bonnies Prairie Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 22.6 mi, 062° NE
Tomlinson Pioneer Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 23.9 mi, 158° S
Gifford War Memorial (Monument) — 26.5 mi, 169° S
Arrowsmith Battle Ground (Registered Battlefield) — 29.8 mi, 236° SW
Livingston County War Museum (Museum) — 30.3 mi, 298° NW
Route 66 Association Hall of Fame & Museum (Museum) — 30.3 mi, 298° NW
Pontiac - Oakland Museum and Resource Center (Museum) — 30.3 mi, 298° NW
Ladd School Subway (Attraction) — 30.8 mi, 298° NW
Sugar Creek (Attraction) — 31.0 mi, 093° E
Standard Oil Gas Station (Attraction) — 31.2 mi, 316° NW
Kankakee County Museum (Museum) — 32.6 mi, 022° N
Twin Groves Wind Farm Lookout (Viewpoint) — 33.8 mi, 247° SW
Memory Lane (Attraction) — 35.0 mi, 267° W
Moraine View State Recreational Area (State Recreation Area) — 36.1 mi, 241° SW
Kankakee National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.7 mi, 053° NE · 132 acres
Mr. Big Beatle Finds His Way (Public Artwork) — 38.2 mi, 187° S
Giertz Gallery (Gallery) — 38.7 mi, 194° S
Staerkel Planetarium (Museum) — 38.7 mi, 194° S
Kickapoo State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 38.9 mi, 150° SE
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 45.1 mi, 359° N · 18k acres
Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 67.3 mi, 031° NE · 11k acres
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 70.5 mi, 294° NW · 13k acres

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