Arlington Indiana Map

About Arlington, Indiana

Arlington is a locality in Rush County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 408. The population density is 106.6 people per km². Arlington is located at 39.6503°N, 85.5848°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. ZIP codes: 47404, 46104.

Arlington occupies a quiet corner of the Indiana plains, defined by the steady, unhurried transit of the Little Blue River as it carves a path through the surrounding fields. It lies 3.0 miles west of Rush, IN (from Rush, IN: bearing 263°T), and is situated 9.9 miles south of Henry. The horizon here is vast and open, interrupted only by the vertical reach of grain silos and the occasional stand of hardwoods that mark the transition from cultivated soil to wilder patches of earth. When the sun begins to retreat, the sky turns a bruised, heavy purple, casting long, lean shadows across the flat expanse that seem to stretch toward the distant silhouette of McGuire Ridge. The air carries the scent of damp loam and cooling asphalt, a singular atmosphere that feels anchored to the deep, silent productivity of the Midwestern interior.

Arlington maintains a rhythm dictated by the cycles of the harvest and the persistent, industrious nature of its inhabitants. While Frank Alexander Lake offers a calm basin of water just a few miles away, the daily pulse of the locality remains tied to the narrow roads that stitch together the local woodlots and the broader, agrarian commerce of the region. Residents look toward the distant presence of Swain Memorial Forest for a sense of permanence, grounding their lives in a tradition of land stewardship that has persisted through generations of seasonal change. Even with the lure of larger centers, the people here find a certain satisfaction in the maintenance of their own fences and the simple, reliable patterns of a life lived close to the soil, occasionally venturing out to the quiet expanse of Laughlin Park to watch the seasons alter the color of the grass.

About This Arlington Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Arlington, Indiana. Coordinates: 39.650255, -85.584797. 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 Arlington includes the ZIP code (47404, 46104), telephone area code (317, 260), county seat of Rush County (Rushville), and school district assignment (Rush County Schools).

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.