Comer Illinois Map

About Comer, Illinois

Comer is a locality in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Comer is located at 39.2931°N, 89.9707°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 62422.

Comer, Illinois, rests in a broad, fertile basin where the land exhales a deep, earthy scent of turned soil and ripening grain. It lies 26.0 miles north-northeast of Godfrey, IL (from Godfrey, IL: bearing 26°T), and is situated 4.8 miles west of Carlinville. The horizon is a gentle, unbroken line of cornfields, their stalks a vibrant emerald in the summer sun, transitioning to the burnished gold of late August. Occasional stands of oak and maple break the vastness, their leaves catching the light like scattered jewels, casting shifting patterns of shadow across the country roads that crisscross the landscape. The air here, particularly in the early morning, carries a damp coolness, a lingering memory of the dew that has settled overnight on the broad prairie grasses, and it hums with the low thrum of unseen insects. The story of Comer is told in the weathered barns and the slow, deliberate unfolding of the agricultural year, a rhythm dictated by sun and rain. This is land that has been worked by generations, its bounty largely channeled into the vast networks that feed the nation, with corn and soybeans forming the backbone of its economy. There are no grand monuments or bustling thoroughfares to mark its passage, but rather a quiet resilience, a deep connection to the soil that has sustained it. You can sense the history in the way the light falls through the wide-open skies, a soft, diffused glow that seems to soften the edges of the present, hinting at the lives that have unfolded here, tending the fields and building a life from the rich Illinois earth.

About This Comer Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Comer, Illinois — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 39.293102, -89.97066. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Comer and Macoupin County.

Detailed location data for Comer includes the ZIP code (62626), telephone area code (217), county seat of Macoupin County (Carlinville), and school district assignment. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Comer is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.