Explore Acme, Indiana, 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 Acme, Indiana. 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 Indiana 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 Acme.
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 | Acme |
| State | Indiana (IN) |
| County | Jackson County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| Latitude | 38.978108 |
| Longitude | -86.058872 |
| Population | 480 |
| Density | 18.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 47274, 47909 |
| Area Code | 317, 765 |
| County Seat | Brownstown |
Acme occupies a quiet expanse of the Indiana interior, where the horizon stretches across a mosaic of woodlots and heavy, dark-soiled fields. It lies 9.2 miles west of Seymour, IN (from Seymour, IN: bearing 278°T), and is situated 6.9 miles north of Brownstown. The landscape here is defined by the steady, unadorned topography of the Midwest, punctuated five miles away by the rising silhouette of Dug Hill. Nearby, the water of Spray Creek moves with a sluggish, deliberate persistence through the lowlands, while the dense, shadowed acreage of the Hoosier National Forest presses against the town’s eastern boundary, offering a permanent, green counterpoint to the open farmland. During the late afternoon, the light in Acme loses its sharp edge, turning the dust of the fields into a warm, suspended gold that settles over the asphalt and the weathered siding of the local barns.
Acme emerged as a functional byproduct of the region’s agrarian pulse, serving as a hub for the families who worked the limestone-rich soil and managed the surrounding timber. The economy remains tethered to these rhythms, relying on the seasonal cycles of harvest and the slow, mechanical hum of regional transport that keeps the small grid of streets connected to the wider state. Beyond the immediate commerce of the grain elevators and supply shops, the proximity to Hound Hollow four miles to the west provides a natural drainage basin that has long dictated the layout of the local roads. Life in Acme moves with the measured pace of a place that understands its own isolation, marked by the occasional distant whistle of a train or the quiet, collective focus of a community that finds its identity in the stark, honest utility of the plains.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Acme, Indiana. Coordinates: 38.978108, -86.058872. 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 Acme includes the ZIP code (47274, 47909), telephone area code (317, 765), county seat of Jackson County (Brownstown), and school district assignment.
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. |