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West City Illinois Map

Explore West City, 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 West City, Illinois

How to Use This West City, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	37.996016
Longitude	-88.948894
Population	656
Density	157.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62812
Area Code	618
County Seat	Benton, Illinois
School District	Benton Community Consolidated School District 47

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About West City, Illinois

West City is a locality in Franklin County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 656. The population density is 157.5 people per km². West City is located at 37.9960°N, 88.9489°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. West City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62812.

West City occupies a stretch of level, fertile earth where the horizon pulls tight against the sky, defining a landscape shaped by the patient, repetitive labor of the plains. It lies 14.1 miles north-northeast of Herrin, IL (from Herrin, IL: bearing 21°T), and is situated 6.6 miles north of West Frankfort. Beyond the immediate streets, the topography flattens into the expansive, productive farmland that characterizes this portion of the state, occasionally broken by the quiet, winding path of Fallet Branch. The air here holds the scent of turned soil and the sudden, sharp clarity that follows a Midwestern thunderstorm, while the light at dusk settles in long, bruised purples across the fields. To the west, the distant silhouettes of Wise Ridge suggest a ruggedness far removed from the immediate, methodical reach of the local landscape, and three miles away, the surface of Mine Number 21 Reservoir mirrors the heavy, grey clouds of the changing seasons.

West City carries the weight of a regional history rooted in the extraction and cultivation of the land, an economy that has shifted from the intensity of early coal mining to the steady, enduring rhythms of modern commerce. Within the center of the grid, Benton City Park provides a necessary pause in the day, a patch of green where the stillness is interrupted only by the rustle of leaves or the voices of neighbors. The character of West City is built upon this quiet persistence, a resilience found in the sturdy brick storefronts and the unassuming houses that line the streets. Life here moves with a deliberate, measured pace, reflecting a culture that values the predictability of the harvest and the familiarity of long-standing social ties, all while maintaining a steady gaze toward the future of the local economy.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Benton City Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 113° SE
George Harrison Commemorative Mural (Public Artwork) — 1.3 mi, 053° NE
Rend Lake (Recreation Area) — 2.7 mi, 004° N
Fishin' Hole Amphitheater (Theatre) — 2.9 mi, 015° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 4.0 mi, 253° W
White Oak (Theatre) — 5.3 mi, 327° NW
Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 5.3 mi, 011° N
Miner Memorial (Monument) — 8.6 mi, 319° NW
Waterfowl Refuge Observation Stand (Viewpoint) — 9.5 mi, 021° N
Campbell Pond State Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.3 mi, 256° W
Herrin Service Member Memorial (Monument) — 13.8 mi, 198° S
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 15.6 mi, 223° SW
Ten Mile Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 16.3 mi, 031° NE
Carterville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 203° SW
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.4 mi, 184° S · 91k acres
Mystic Willow (Attraction) — 19.8 mi, 232° SW
African American Museum of Southern Illinois (Museum) — 22.8 mi, 216° SW
Cedarhurst Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 23.0 mi, 004° N
Pyramid State Recreation Area (State Park) — 23.1 mi, 276° W
Carl L Schweinfurth Museum and Interpretive Center (Museum) — 23.3 mi, 003° N
The Carbondale Depot Museum (Museum) — 23.7 mi, 218° SW
Sharp Museum (Museum) — 24.3 mi, 217° SW
Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 25.3 mi, 158° S · 7,712 acres
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 26.3 mi, 194° S · 4,387 acres
Miranda's Loom Fine Craft Studio & Gallery (Gallery) — 26.5 mi, 233° SW
Carrier millswater department (Attraction) — 27.6 mi, 142° SE
Absher Nicholson Funeral Home (Attraction) — 27.6 mi, 141° SE
Dunbar School (Historic Ruins) — 27.9 mi, 140° SE
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 28.2 mi, 192° S · 274k acres
Burden Falls Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 31.3 mi, 151° SE · 3,740 acres

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