Explore Boggstown, 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 Boggstown, 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 Boggstown.
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 | Boggstown |
| State | Indiana (IN) |
| County | Shelby County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| Latitude | 39.563104 |
| Longitude | -85.916371 |
| Population | 597 |
| Density | 86.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 46110 |
| Area Code | 260 |
| County Seat | Shelbyville |
| School District | Northwestern Consolidated School Corporation |
Boggstown emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of the Indiana plains where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered by the shadow of any distant peak. It lies 8.0 miles west-northwest of Shelbyville, IN (from Shelbyville, IN: bearing 291°T), and is situated 9.3 miles northeast of Franklin.
The land here is defined by a rhythmic, agrarian patience, punctuated by the quiet persistence of Gibson Ditch, which drains the heavy soil just a mile from the center of Boggstown. To the west, the canopy of Swain Memorial Forest offers a dense, emerald reprieve from the open fields, while the distant silhouette of McCrea Hill breaks the otherwise level line of the sky. The quality of light during the transition from afternoon to evening is particularly arresting, turning the golden stubble of the harvested corn into a pale, glowing bronze that seems to hold the warmth of the sun long after it has dipped below the earth.
Agriculture remains the pulse of this locality, a legacy etched into the grid of fields that have supported generations since the region was first cleared for the plow. While the pace of life maintains a steady, deliberate cadence, the proximity of Retherford Park provides a singular space for reflection amidst the vast, working landscape. Residents look toward the seasonal cycles of planting and harvest as the primary measure of time, finding a quiet beauty in the way the frost settles over the fallow ground or how the air carries the scent of damp earth and coming rain. Though the nearest water of size, Saunders Lake, lies twelve miles away, the identity of the people remains anchored to the immediate, intimate geography of the local woodlots and the straight, purposeful roads that bind the countryside together.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Boggstown, Indiana. Coordinates: 39.563104, -85.916371. 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 Boggstown includes the ZIP code (46110), telephone area code (260), county seat of Shelby County (Shelbyville), and school district assignment (Northwestern Consolidated 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. |