Williamson Illinois Map

About Williamson, Illinois

Williamson is a locality in Madison County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 183. The population density is 60.3 people per km². Williamson is located at 38.9856°N, 89.7640°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Williamson is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 62088.

Williamson occupies a quiet stretch of Illinois prairie where the horizon widens into an endless, shifting canvas of soybeans and corn. It lies 15.8 miles northeast of Edwardsville, IL (from Edwardsville, IL: bearing 40°T), and is situated 2.4 miles southeast of Staunton. The landscape remains defined by the Mount Olive Staunton Coal Company Reservoir, which holds the stillness of the afternoon sky in its dark, glassy surface. Two miles to the east, Silver Creek cuts a modest, winding path through the soil, carving a subtle depression into the flatness of the earth. Beyond the immediate fields, the distant rise of Robbs Mound provides a faint, singular anchor for the eye against the expansive Midwestern light.

Williamson maintains a character forged in the grit of the coal industry, where the legacy of labor lingers in the quiet streets and the enduring presence of the Miners Memorial. This park serves as a solemn reminder of the generations who descended into the earth to extract the fuel that once propelled the region’s economy. Today, the pace of life in Williamson follows the slow, seasonal rhythm of the surrounding farmland, where the clatter of machinery yields to the deep, resonant silence of dusk. The people here carry a tempered resilience, moving through their days with a steady, unadorned grace that mirrors the grounded, practical nature of the land itself.

About This Williamson Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Williamson, Illinois. Coordinates: 38.985602, -89.763983. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Williamson includes the ZIP code (62088), telephone area code (309), county seat of Madison County (Edwardsville), and school district assignment (Staunton Community Unit School District 6).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.