Clifford Indiana Map

About Clifford, Indiana

Clifford is a locality in Bartholomew County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 205. The population density is 899.4 people per km². Clifford is located at 39.2823°N, 85.8692°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. Clifford is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 47226.

Clifford emerges from the flat, industrious stretches of the Indiana heartland as a collection of rooftops and grain silos punctuating a horizon defined by agriculture. It lies 5.3 miles north-northeast of Bartholomew, IN (from Bartholomew, IN: bearing 12°T), and is situated 6.2 miles north-northeast of Columbus. The landscape surrounding Clifford is a tapestry of corn and soybean fields, interrupted only by the narrow, persistent meanderings of Slash-Loesch Ditch. To the west, the subtle elevation of Lester Ridge haunts the distant skyline, a faint blue line that anchors the expansive prairie sky. In the quiet hours of late afternoon, the light here grows heavy and golden, casting long, lean shadows across the fields that seem to amplify the stillness of the fertile earth.

History in Clifford is written in the steady, methodical expansion of the regional rail and road networks, which transformed the locality from a rural outpost into a quiet node of commerce. The economy remains tethered to the productivity of the soil, with the daily pulse of the area dictated by the seasonal requirements of harvest and planting. Residents seeking a reprieve from the rhythmic labor of the fields often find their way to the quiet green expanse of Blackwell Park, while those drawn to the water find the banks of Suhre Lake offer a meditative reprieve from the heat of a Midwestern summer. Life in Clifford moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands its own utility, where the changing colors of the crops serve as the only calendar that truly matters.

About This Clifford Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Clifford, Indiana. Coordinates: 39.282273, -85.869156. 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 Clifford includes the ZIP code (47226), telephone area code (317), county seat of Bartholomew County (Columbus), and school district assignment (Flat Rock-Hawcreek 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.