Explore Barbee, 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 Barbee, 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 Barbee.
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 | Barbee |
| State | Indiana (IN) |
| County | Kosciusko County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| Latitude | 41.290879 |
| Longitude | -85.712209 |
| Population | 1,464 |
| Density | 467.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 46582 |
| Area Code | 260 |
| County Seat | Warsaw |
| School District | Wawasee Community School Corporation |
Barbee emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of the Indiana landscape as a quiet junction of water and earth. It lies 7.1 miles east of Kosciusko, IN (from Kosciusko, IN: bearing 87°T), and is situated 8.2 miles east-northeast of Warsaw. Grassy Creek meanders through the low-lying terrain, its slow current carving a path that defines the local topography and provides a steady, rhythmic pulse to the damp soil. To the west, the gentle rise of Dunham Hill breaks the horizon, offering a modest elevation that overlooks the sprawling mosaic of woodlots and cultivated fields. The air here carries the scent of turned loam and cooling water, particularly as dusk settles over Big Barbee Lake, turning the surface into a sheet of hammered pewter that reflects the deepening violet of the sky.
Barbee maintains its character through a slow, deliberate attachment to the land and the waterways that have long sustained its residents. The nearby Kuhn Lake Public Access Site serves as a focal point for those drawn to the water, marking a transition between the wilder, overgrown edges of the creek and the structured life of the surrounding farms. This region remains defined by an economy of seasonal cycles, where the harvest and the maintenance of the watershed dictate the pace of daily existence. History here is not written in grand monuments, but in the steady endurance of the timber-framed structures and the quiet persistence of those who work the land, watching the light fade behind the trees as they have for generations.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Barbee, Indiana. Coordinates: 41.290879, -85.712209. 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 Barbee includes the ZIP code (46582), telephone area code (260), county seat of Kosciusko County (Warsaw), and school district assignment (Wawasee Community School Corporation).
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. |