Explore Farmersburg, 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 Farmersburg, 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 Farmersburg.
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 | Farmersburg |
| State | Indiana (IN) |
| County | Sullivan County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| Latitude | 39.248651 |
| Longitude | -87.381963 |
| Population | 1,069 |
| Density | 555.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 47850 |
| Area Code | 765 |
| County Seat | Sullivan |
| School District | Northeast School Corporation |
Farmersburg exists as a quiet anchor amidst the vast, geometric expanse of the Indiana plains, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under a sky that feels remarkably heavy with light. It lies 8.7 miles east-southeast of Vigo, IN (from Vigo, IN: bearing 108°T), and is situated 15.2 miles south of Terre Haute. The landscape around Farmersburg is defined by a rhythmic mosaic of cornfields and woodlots, a terrain that yields to the slow, deliberate meanderings of West Fork Busseron Creek just a mile to the west. On clear days, the distant silhouette of Stokey Ridge marks the far edge of the world, a faint charcoal smudge against the hazy blue. The air here holds the scent of turned earth and drying stalks, and the water at Thunderbird Pond, three miles distant, catches the evening sun like a sheet of hammered copper before the shadows of the oaks pull the color from the surface.
Agriculture dictates the pulse of the days in Farmersburg, grounding the inhabitants in a cycle of planting and harvest that has persisted since the early settlers first broke the soil of the neighboring Curry Prairie. While the local economy remains tied to the fertility of the loam, the proximity to places like Smallwood Golf Course offers a brief respite for those who prefer the manicured green to the furrowed row. History is less a written record here than a collection of weathered brick facades and the steady endurance of families who have watched the seasons change from the same porches for generations. Life moves with the deliberate pace of a long-distance freight train, steady and unhurried, reflecting a resilience forged in the quiet spaces between the larger industrial centers of the state.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Farmersburg, Indiana. Coordinates: 39.248651, -87.381963. 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 Farmersburg includes the ZIP code (47850), telephone area code (765), county seat of Sullivan County (Sullivan), and school district assignment (Northeast 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. |