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West York Illinois Map

Explore West York, 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 York, Illinois

How to Use This West York, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	39.171151
Longitude	-87.673638
Population	74
Density	214.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	62478
Area Code	217
County Seat	Robinson
School District	Hutsonville Community Unit School District 1

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About West York, Illinois

West York is a locality in Crawford County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 74. The population density is 214.8 people per km². West York is located at 39.1712°N, 87.6736°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 62478.

West York occupies a quiet stretch of Illinois where the horizon remains defined by the persistent, flat geometry of endless rows of corn and soybeans. It lies 1.8 miles west of York, IL (from York, IL: bearing 269°T), and is situated 10.8 miles southwest of Vigo. The landscape is marked by the presence of Raccoon Creek, which carves a modest path through the earth just a mile away, providing a slow, steady pulse to the local terrain. Near the tranquil waters of Lake Walton, the light at dusk takes on a heavy, amber quality that illuminates the tall grasses and silts of the bottomlands. To the west, the faint, hazy silhouette of Fox Ridge rises against the sky, a distant reminder of the shifting topography that exists far beyond these plains. The air here holds a clean, sharp scent of turned soil, grounding the visitor in a geography that feels both vast and intimate.

West York emerged from the expansion of the regional rail lines and the steady, quiet labor of agricultural commerce that has long sustained the interior of the state. The economy remains tied to the cycles of the harvest, with grain silos serving as the primary architecture of the skyline, reflecting a legacy of pragmatic industry. Residents often seek the quietude of the Wabash River - Mount Carmel, a nearby space that preserves the natural character of the region for those who wish to walk among the oaks and sycamores. While the pace of daily life is dictated by the seasons, there is a distinct, understated resilience in the way the local shops and homes maintain their function across the decades. Life in West York moves with the deliberate, unforced rhythm of a place that understands its own value, remaining entirely indifferent to the frantic speed of the world outside its borders.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wabash River - Mount Carmel (Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 139° SE
Crawford County State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 193° S
Fairbanks Landing Pas (State Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 067° NE
Merom (Wabash R.) Public Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 9.6 mi, 145° SE
Merom Bluff (Viewpoint) — 9.6 mi, 145° SE
Lincoln Trail State Park (State Recreation Area) — 11.6 mi, 351° N
American Beech Woods Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 11.9 mi, 350° N
Sullivan County Park And Lake (Local Park) — 14.9 mi, 105° E
Clark County Museum (Museum) — 15.0 mi, 355° N
Mill Creek Lake and Park (Local Park) — 17.2 mi, 338° N
Greene-Sullivan State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 18.2 mi, 116° SE
DoD War Memorial (Monument) — 18.7 mi, 297° NW
World's Largest Windchime (Public Artwork) — 19.2 mi, 298° NW
Porch Swing (Attraction) — 19.2 mi, 297° NW
Shakamak Prairie Nature Preserve (State Park) — 22.4 mi, 090° E
Watermark Landing (Attraction) — 24.1 mi, 034° NE
Antique Tractor Museum (Museum) — 24.6 mi, 043° NE
Swope Art Museum (Museum) — 24.8 mi, 035° NE
4-way Bridge (Attraction) — 25.2 mi, 113° SE
Woodlawn Monument Sight (Monument) — 25.4 mi, 033° NE
Indiana Track & Field & Cross Country Hall of Fame Museum (Museum) — 25.6 mi, 045° NE
Log Cabin Chapel (Attraction) — 26.0 mi, 026° NE
Freedom Shrine (Monument) — 28.6 mi, 041° NE
Fox Ridge State Park (State Park) — 29.4 mi, 303° NW
Robert Ridgeway Grasslands (Nature Reserve) — 32.6 mi, 236° SW
Carnegie Museum (Museum) — 37.5 mi, 216° SW
Community Theatre of Clay County, Inc. (Theatre) — 38.0 mi, 050° NE
Burgess-Osborne Auditorium (Theatre) — 43.2 mi, 300° NW
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 55.0 mi, 167° S · 20k acres
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 57.1 mi, 128° SE · 204k acres

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