Buck Creek Indiana Map

About Buck Creek, Indiana

Buck Creek is a locality in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 77. The population density is 351.4 people per km². Buck Creek is located at 40.4878°N, 86.7614°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. ZIP code: 47924.

Buck Creek unfurls across a landscape of gentle, rolling terrain, where the earth exhales a scent of damp soil and sun-baked cornstalks. It lies 7.7 miles north-east of Lafayette, IN (from Lafayette, IN: bearing 51°T), and is situated 8.8 miles east-north-east of West Lafayette. The skies here are vast, a pale blue canvas that deepens to a bruised, almost violet hue as dusk begins its slow descent, painting the western horizon with strokes of apricot and rose. Farms, their weathered barns standing sentinel against the open fields, punctuate the green expanse, their silos like stoic fingers pointing towards the heavens. The air, especially after a rain, carries a clean, sharp fragrance, a subtle perfume of growing things and distant woodsmoke that settles into the very lungs. The history of Buck Creek is deeply entwined with the fertile soil that has sustained its inhabitants for generations. This is a place where agriculture has long been the beating heart of the local economy, with corn and soybeans stretching in neat, ordered rows as far as the eye can see, a testament to the enduring partnership between man and the land. Echoes of earlier settlers who tilled this ground can be felt in the quiet persistence of the farming families and the unassuming strength of the community. While progress has touched Buck Creek, its core remains anchored in the rhythm of the seasons and the quiet dignity of honest work, a spirit that resonates in the unassuming interactions of its people and the steady hum of tractors in the distance.

About This Buck Creek Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Buck Creek, Indiana — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 40.487814, -86.761396. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Buck Creek and Tippecanoe County.

Detailed location data for Buck Creek includes the ZIP code (47924), telephone area code (765), county seat of Tippecanoe County (Lafayette), and school district assignment (Tippecanoe School Corporation). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Buck Creek is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.