Blanford Indiana Map

About Blanford, Indiana

Blanford is a locality in Vermillion County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 147.3 people per km². Blanford is located at 39.6650°N, 87.5206°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. ZIP codes: 47842, 47831.

Blanford sits upon the quiet, fertile expanse of the Indiana plains, where the horizon stretches wide and the sky claims a vast, heavy portion of the view. It lies 10.8 miles north-northwest of Harrison, IN (from Harrison, IN: bearing 331°T), and is situated 6.5 miles west of Clinton. The landscape here favors the modest rhythm of the woodlot and the field, defined by the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons across the level ground. A mere mile away, the waters of Brouilletts Creek trace a winding, shaded path through the undergrowth, while the quiet basin of Horseshoe Lakes waits only two miles to the east, holding the stillness of the afternoon. At the center of the local geography, Blanford Park offers a small, green reprieve where the air feels scrubbed clean by the surrounding timber and the persistent, gentle breath of the interior winds.

History in Blanford remains tethered to the industrious legacy of the coal fields that once drew families from across the Atlantic to pull fuel from the deep, dark veins of the earth. Though the heavy machinery of the mining era has long since fallen silent, the imprint of that labor stays in the weathered brick of the older houses and the stoic, unpretentious character of the streets. The local economy has shifted, leaving behind the soot and clamor for a slower pace dictated by the cycles of agriculture and the maintenance of a quiet domesticity. On clear days, the distant, hazy suggestion of the Devils Backbone provides a singular, jagged contrast to the flat horizon, reminding the observer that even here, where the land seems to hold its breath in the heat of a summer dusk, the world beyond the cornrows is vast and ancient.

About This Blanford Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Blanford, Indiana. Coordinates: 39.665036, -87.520576. 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 Blanford includes the ZIP code (47842, 47831), telephone area code (765), county seat of Vermillion County (Newport), and school district assignment (South Vermillion Community School Corporation).

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.