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Thompsonville Illinois Map

Explore Thompsonville, 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 Thompsonville, Illinois

How to Use This Thompsonville, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	37.917549
Longitude	-88.762284
Population	486
Density	92.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62890
Area Code	618
County Seat	Benton, Illinois
School District	Thompsonville Community Unit School District 174

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About Thompsonville, Illinois

Thompsonville is a locality in Franklin County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 486. The population density is 92.4 people per km². Thompsonville is located at 37.9175°N, 88.7623°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Thompsonville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62890.

Thompsonville holds its ground upon the flat, heavy earth of southern Illinois, where the horizon stretches wide enough to swallow the sun each evening. It lies 15.9 miles northeast of Marion, IL (from Marion, IL: bearing 36°T), and is situated 9.3 miles east of West Frankfort. The landscape here is defined by the slow, deliberate movement of Halltown Creek, which carves a modest path through the fields just a mile away, and the quiet presence of New City Lake, a silver sliver of water two miles from the village center. In the distance, the faint, hazy line of Big Ridge suggests a different, more rugged topography twenty-one miles off, but here the land remains dominated by the seasonal cycle of corn and soybeans. The air carries the scent of damp soil and drying stalks, and in the late autumn, the light turns a sharp, bruised gold that settles over the low-slung rooftops and empty roads.

Thompsonville emerged from the labor of coal mining and agriculture, a history still visible in the sturdy, unadorned architecture that defines the local streetscape. While the mines have long since quieted, the economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the land and the endurance of those who work it. Residents often travel toward Frankfort Community Park, eight miles away, to find a space for recreation beneath the canopy of trees that stand in stark contrast to the vast, cleared fields surrounding the village. Life in Thompsonville moves with the steady, predictable pace of the seasons, marked more by the turn of the crop cycle and the shifting color of the leaves than by the frantic demands of larger centers. It is a place where the stillness is not an absence of activity, but a deliberate way of inhabiting the landscape.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Frankfort Community Park (Local Park) — 8.3 mi, 256° W
George Harrison (Monument) — 10.2 mi, 302° NW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 10.2 mi, 232° SW
Ten Mile Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.1 mi, 035° NE
Rend Lake (Recreation Area) — 12.4 mi, 312° NW
Fishin' Hole Amphitheater (Theatre) — 12.5 mi, 311° NW
Sahara Woods State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.9 mi, 167° S
Marion Tornado (Monument) — 15.7 mi, 215° SW
Waterfowl Refuge Observation Stand (Viewpoint) — 15.8 mi, 335° NW
White Oak (Theatre) — 16.3 mi, 307° NW
Herrin Service Member Memorial (Monument) — 16.4 mi, 242° SW
Looking Glass Enterprises (Attraction) — 16.9 mi, 137° SE
Saline County Abulance (Attraction) — 16.9 mi, 138° SE
David Nave Insurance (Attraction) — 16.9 mi, 137° SE
Whites Florist (Attraction) — 16.9 mi, 137° SE
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.3 mi, 222° SW · 91k acres
Tunnel Hill (State Recreation Area) — 17.6 mi, 159° S
Dunbar School (Historic Ruins) — 17.7 mi, 154° SE
Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 18.1 mi, 180° S · 7,712 acres
Allen Family Farmhouse (Historic Ruins) — 18.4 mi, 155° SE
Big John (Public Artwork) — 19.2 mi, 113° SE
Carterville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 238° SW
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 21.0 mi, 155° SE · 274k acres
Burden Falls Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 22.5 mi, 167° S · 3,740 acres
African American Museum of Southern Illinois (Museum) — 26.9 mi, 241° SW
Lusk Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 27.0 mi, 154° SE · 6,632 acres
The Carbondale Depot Museum (Museum) — 28.1 mi, 242° SW
Bell Smith Springs Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 28.1 mi, 168° S
Jackson Falls (Nature Reserve) — 28.5 mi, 171° S
Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 40.6 mi, 204° SW · 33k acres

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