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Williamson Illinois Map

Explore Williamson, 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 Williamson, Illinois

How to Use This Williamson, Illinois Map

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

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

Latitude	38.985602
Longitude	-89.763983
Population	183
Density	60.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	62088
Area Code	309
County Seat	Edwardsville
School District	Staunton Community Unit School District 6

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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.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Miners Memorial (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 182° S
John Slifka Memorial Park (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 169° S
Henry's Rabbit Ranch (Attraction) — 1.6 mi, 323° NW
Illinois Traction System (Monument) — 2.3 mi, 323° NW
Stauton Sportsman Club (Park) — 2.9 mi, 359° N
Golf Course (Park) — 3.9 mi, 001° N
Mother Jones Monument (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 014° N
Gillespie Prairie State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.6 mi, 348° N
Lincoln Statue (Monument) — 10.8 mi, 292° W
Copper Grapes (Public Artwork) — 15.5 mi, 131° SE
Bethalto Historical Museum (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 251° W
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 16.5 mi, 225° SW
Henry Eilers Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 16.6 mi, 033° NE
Shoal Creek Nature Conservation Area (Nature Reserve) — 17.1 mi, 032° NE
Edwardsville Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 17.7 mi, 220° SW
Beaver Dam State Park (State Park) — 18.7 mi, 326° NW
Charles Raich Field (Stadium) — 19.2 mi, 241° SW
Ralph Korte Stadium (Stadium) — 19.3 mi, 223° SW
7 Gates of Hell: Gate 7 (Viewpoint) — 19.8 mi, 193° S
Richard W. Bock Sculpture Museum (Museum) — 20.1 mi, 108° E
Ladue Auditorium (Theatre) — 20.2 mi, 108° E
Mustang Corral (Attraction) — 20.4 mi, 221° SW
Town & Country Motel sign (Attraction) — 20.6 mi, 221° SW
Browns Mound (Historic Ruins) — 20.9 mi, 201° S
Edward "ted" And Pat Jones-confluence Point State Park (State Park) — 21.3 mi, 242° SW
Columbia Bottom Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 22.7 mi, 238° SW
Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.4 mi, 243° SW · 32k acres
Gateway Arch National Park (National Park) — 33.4 mi, 223° SW · 85 acres
Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.8 mi, 268° W · 1,866 acres

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