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Woodhull Illinois Map

Explore Woodhull, 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 Woodhull, Illinois

How to Use This Woodhull, Illinois Map

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

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.

CityWoodhull
StateIllinois (IL)
CountyHenry County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude41.178926
Longitude-90.315958
Population754
Density330.1 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code61490
Area Code815
County SeatCambridge
School DistrictAlwood Community Unit School District 225

About Woodhull, Illinois

Woodhull is a locality in Henry County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 754. The population density is 330.1 people per km². Woodhull is located at 41.1789°N, 90.3160°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Woodhull is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 61490.

Woodhull sits amidst the vast, fertile expanse of the Illinois prairie, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under a sky that seems to claim the entirety of the world. It lies 16.2 miles north of Galesburg, IL (from Galesburg, IL: bearing 10°T), and is situated 18.8 miles south-southeast of Coal Valley. Mud Creek carves a quiet, meandering path through the earth nearby, its dark waters providing a subtle contrast to the endless grid of corn and soybean fields that define the regional geometry. To the southeast, the gentle rise of Pilot Knob breaks the monotony of the plains, a solitary elevation that anchors the view, while the local landscape finds its social center at 4th Ave Park, where the grass is kept trim and the air carries the scent of turned soil and distant, ripening crops. As the sun dips low, the light transforms the fields into a sea of muted gold, casting long, lean shadows that emphasize the profound stillness of the inland plains.

Woodhull emerged from the ambition of settlers drawn to the richness of the soil, establishing an economy rooted firmly in the cycles of harvest and the patient labor of the farm. The rhythm of daily life here remains tethered to the seasons, a steady pulse that favors local industry and the quiet persistence of a place that values its own history. While Karl Lake lies thirteen miles away as a destination for those seeking the stillness of deeper water, the people of Woodhull find their community character in the brick facades and the unassuming storefronts that line the streets. It is a place where the passage of time is measured not by grand events, but by the steady turn of the combine and the enduring loyalty of a neighborhood that knows the weight of its own heritage.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • 4th Ave Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 063° NE
  • 3rd Ave Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 101° E
  • Cresent Lake Club (Park) — 2.8 mi, 294° NW
  • Keener Prairie (Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 096° E
  • Public Triangle (Monument) — 8.7 mi, 147° SE
  • Valley View Club (Park) — 9.8 mi, 041° NE
  • Bishop Hill Park (State Park) — 10.2 mi, 082° E
  • State Historic Site Museum (Attraction) — 10.3 mi, 083° E
  • Victoria State Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.8 mi, 131° SE
  • Blackthorn Hill Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 14.3 mi, 215° SW
  • Snakeden Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.5 mi, 133° SE
  • Galesburg Civic Arts Center (Gallery) — 16.2 mi, 189° S
  • Poet Carl Sandburg and Nellie the Goat (Public Artwork) — 16.2 mi, 190° S
  • CB&Q Engine 3006 (Attraction) — 16.3 mi, 189° S
  • James B. Stockdale Museum (Museum) — 16.9 mi, 184° S
  • Carl Sandburg Birthplace Historic Site (Attraction) — 17.0 mi, 189° S
  • Hennepin Canal (State Recreation Area) — 20.4 mi, 004° N
  • Abraham Lincoln Statue (Monument) — 20.6 mi, 024° NE
  • Geneseo Water Tower Fish (Attraction) — 20.8 mi, 025° NE
  • The Great Sauk Trail (Monument) — 23.2 mi, 067° NE
  • Johnson-Sauk Trail State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 23.4 mi, 066° NE
  • Pat and Jack Bush Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 25.2 mi, 340° N
  • Fryxell Geology Museum (Museum) — 25.5 mi, 332° NW
  • Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.5 mi, 345° N · 274k acres
  • Warren County History Museum (Museum) — 25.8 mi, 224° SW
  • Rock Island Arsenal Museum (Museum) — 26.1 mi, 334° NW
  • Hoepfner House (Historic Ruins) — 28.0 mi, 351° N
  • Davenport Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 28.2 mi, 328° NW
  • Rock Island Railroad Museum (Museum) — 29.6 mi, 106° E
  • Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.0 mi, 262° W · 24k acres

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About This Woodhull Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Woodhull, Illinois. Coordinates: 41.178926, -90.315958. 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 Woodhull includes the ZIP code (61490), telephone area code (815), county seat of Henry County (Cambridge), and school district assignment (Alwood Community Unit School District 225).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

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.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.