Burney Indiana Map

About Burney, Indiana

Burney is a locality in Decatur County, Indiana, United States. The population density is 149.6 people per km². Burney is located at 39.3173°N, 85.6403°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. ZIP code: 47240.

Burney occupies a quiet intersection of the Indiana landscape, where the horizon is defined by the steady, unadorned geometry of wide-reaching fields and woodlot mosaics. It lies 8.5 miles west of Greensburg, IN (from Greensburg, IN: bearing 261°T), and is situated 7.1 miles east of Hope. Sunlight here tends to pool in the low-lying hollows, casting a long, amber clarity across the soil that seems to slow the very air itself. Clifty Creek moves with a deliberate, muddy patience only a mile away, threading through the limestone-heavy earth that anchors the region’s foundation. Beyond the immediate reach of the silos and gravel lanes, the land swells into gentle, irregular rises that suggest a deeper, ancient topography beneath the cultivated surface. It is a place where the sky feels vast and proximate, a heavy, shifting dome of gray and blue that dictates the daily rhythm of the fields.

Burney maintains a character forged in the legacy of agricultural industry and the slow, persistent work of the seasons. The local economy remains tethered to the health of the surrounding acreage, where the cycle of planting and harvest has long provided a steady, if modest, pulse to the community. While the pace of life remains largely defined by the demands of the land, residents often look toward Anderson Falls Nature Preserve just six miles away for a change of scenery, finding a stark, geological relief in its waters. There is a perceptible dignity in the permanence of the architecture here, where the brick structures and weathered barns stand as functional markers of a history built on endurance. Burney exists not as a destination for the hurried traveler, but as a grounded, self-contained point on the map where the day-to-day work still holds an honest, quiet weight.

About This Burney Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Burney, Indiana. Coordinates: 39.317273, -85.640255. 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 Burney includes the ZIP code (47240), telephone area code (317), county seat of Decatur County (Greensburg), and school district assignment (Decatur County Community 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.