Goodwine, Illinois

Unincorporated community in Illinois, United States

40°34′02″N 87°47′04″W / 40.56722°N 87.78444°W / 40.56722; -87.78444Country

United StatesState

IllinoisCountyIroquois CountyTownship Fountain Creek TownshipElevation

659 ft (201 m)ZIP code

60953

Area code(s)815, 779GNIS feature ID0409157^[1]

Goodwine is an unincorporated community in southern Iroquois County, Illinois, United States.

Geography

Goodwine lies along Iroquis County Road 800 East approximately 14 miles south of the city of Watseka, the county seat.^[2] Its elevation is 659 feet (201 m), and it is located at 40°34′2″N 87°47′4″W / 40.56722°N 87.78444°W / 40.56722; -87.78444 (40.5672584, -87.7844742)^[3] near the northeast corner of Fountain Creek Township. Although Goodwine is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 60939.^[4]

The town sits at the intersection of two rail lines, an active Union Pacific route connecting Chicago and St. Louis, and a defunct east–west Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad line.

Fountain Creek runs west of town, flowing northeast toward its confluence with Mud Creek.

References

^ "Goodwine". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
^ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 32.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Goodwine, Illinois
^ Zip Code Lookup