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.
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.
| City | Woodhull |
| State | Illinois (IL) |
| County | Henry County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 41.178926 |
| Longitude | -90.315958 |
| Population | 754 |
| Density | 330.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 61490 |
| Area Code | 815 |
| County Seat | Cambridge |
| School District | Alwood Community Unit School District 225 |
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.
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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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |