Loda, Illinois

About Loda

Loda, IL is a tiny community located in eastern Illinois with an estimated population of 331.

Loda holds the status of an incorporated village, one of the most intimate forms of local government in America. The community covers 1.47 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 225 residents per square mile.

📰 Loda News Today

• Obituary: Robert Irving Ford County Chronicle · Jun 16
• Brooke Mullins Obituary (1981 - 2026) - Paxton, IL - The News-Gazette Legacy obituary · Jul 1
• Loda, IL Weather Radar WeatherBug · Sep 10
• Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School (IL) Volleyball MaxPreps · Oct 20
• Leah Schaede Obituary (1943 - 2025) - Loda, IL - News Tribune Legacy obituary · Dec 2

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Loda Unique

• The only place in America named Loda — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Positioned in eastern Illinois, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Illinois — one of 1,461 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 9 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Loda

• Loda Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Be Ja Park reviews ★
• Ce Bee Park reviews ★
• De Cee Park reviews ★
• Healey Park reviews ★
• Loda Pheasant Habitat Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Memorial Park reviews ★
• Patton Park reviews ★
• Pow Wow Park reviews ★
• Shoemaker Park reviews ★
• Thompson Park reviews ★
• Tom Stack Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Loda

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