Explore Collegeville, 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 Collegeville, 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 Collegeville.
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 | Collegeville |
| State | Indiana (IN) |
| County | Jasper County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| Latitude | 40.911705 |
| Longitude | -87.1553 |
| Population | 84 |
| Density | N/A /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 47978 |
| Area Code | 765 |
| County Seat | Rensselaer |
Collegeville occupies a steady expanse of earth where the horizon pulls wide and flat, broken only by the sharp, vertical geometry of grain silos and woodlots. It lies 15.7 miles northeast of Newton, IN (from Newton, IN: bearing 50°T), and is situated 1.7 miles south of Rensselaer. Slough Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the soil just a mile away, its presence marked by a dense tangle of willow and sycamore that holds the morning mist long after the sun has climbed. Beyond the immediate fields, the landscape levels into a quiet, agrarian permanence, while the distant silhouette of Mount Nebo offers a solitary, blue-tinged anchor to the southwestern sky. In the cool hours of late afternoon, the light here takes on a heavy, golden quality, catching the dust kicked up from gravel lanes and turning the simple utility of the plains into a fleeting, luminous display.
Collegeville reflects a history built upon the steady labor of the soil, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of the local economy. The legacy of the land remains visible in the sturdy, brick-fronted buildings of the center, which have served the surrounding farms for generations. Residents find a quiet connection to the outdoors at Milroy Park, a place where the local flora thrives in protected silence, offering a contrast to the mechanical hum of agricultural equipment during harvest. When the heat of summer settles, many look toward Riverside Lake for a reprieve, though the pulse of the place is less about recreation and more about the enduring persistence of a community tied to the land. Whether in the quiet of a winter morning or the frantic energy of planting, Collegeville maintains a character defined by its steadfast, unadorned connection to the Indiana earth.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Collegeville, Indiana. Coordinates: 40.911705, -87.1553. 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 Collegeville includes the ZIP code (47978), telephone area code (765), county seat of Jasper County (Rensselaer), and school district assignment.
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. |