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Fort Branch Indiana Map

Explore Fort Branch, 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.

Interactive Map of Fort Branch, Indiana

How to Use This Fort Branch, Indiana Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Fort Branch, 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 Fort Branch.

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	Fort Branch
State	Indiana (IN)
County	Gibson County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	38.251156
Longitude	-87.581133
Population	2,965
Density	1052.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	47648
Area Code	812
County Seat	Princeton
School District	South Gibson School Corporation

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About Fort Branch, Indiana

Fort Branch is a locality in Gibson County, Indiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,965. The population density is 1052.2 people per km². Fort Branch is located at 38.2512°N, 87.5811°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Fort Branch is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 47648.

Fort Branch occupies a flat expanse of fertile soil where the horizon remains wide and unobstructed, defined by the persistent geometry of corn and soybean fields. It lies 10.1 miles north-northeast of Martin, IN (from Martin, IN: bearing 30°T), and is situated 7.2 miles south of Princeton. The landscape carries the quiet weight of the Midwest, interrupted only by the modest, winding path of West Fork Pigeon Creek as it cuts through the earth a mile to the west. In the late afternoon, the light here turns a bruised, honeyed gold, catching the dust motes that hover above the fallow patches and illuminating the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Gordon Hills that mark the edge of the world. Residents find their center at Fort Branch Community Park, a patch of green that anchors the local rhythm and serves as a quiet witness to the changing seasons, from the crisp, brittle air of late autumn to the humid, heavy stillness of a summer dusk.

Fort Branch emerged from the steady expansion of the nineteenth-century rail lines, which transformed the surrounding prairie into a vital cog in the regional agricultural engine. The economy remains tethered to the land and the industry that processes its bounty, maintaining a character that values utility, steady labor, and a deep-seated connection to the grid of gravel roads that spiderweb outward toward Lake Gibson. In the quiet intersections of the grid, one finds the architecture of a utilitarian past—sturdy brick facades and wide, functional streets that prioritize passage over pretense. Life in Fort Branch moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands its own geography, far removed from the clamor of coastal life and content to exist within the rhythmic, seasonal cycle of sowing and reaping that has defined this stretch of Indiana for generations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Fort Branch Community Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 104° E
Marlette Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 165° S
Gibson County Visitors & Tourism (Attraction) — 7.2 mi, 003° N
Gibson County Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Monument) — 7.2 mi, 006° N
Fifty-Eighth Indiana Regiment Monument (Monument) — 7.2 mi, 005° N
Gibson County Fairgrounds (Local Recreation) — 7.5 mi, 002° N
Tern Bar Slough (State Conservation Area) — 9.3 mi, 304° NW
Saunders Woods (Conservation Area) — 9.9 mi, 332° NW
Gibson Lake Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 10.4 mi, 308° NW
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 10.9 mi, 295° NW · 20k acres
Pike State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 13.6 mi, 050° NE
Company F. 42nd Indiana Monument (Public Artwork) — 14.2 mi, 065° NE
Beall Woods Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 15.1 mi, 300° NW
Beall Woods State Park (Nature Reserve) — 15.2 mi, 298° NW
Mesker Park Ampitheater (Theatre) — 17.6 mi, 185° S
Merchand Bridge Overlook (Viewpoint) — 19.0 mi, 181° S
Victory Theatre (Theatre) — 19.2 mi, 178° S
Joseph E. O'Daniel (Monument) — 20.7 mi, 195° S
Matthias Scholle House (Museum) — 20.9 mi, 246° SW
1830 Owen House Jacquess Parlor (Museum) — 20.9 mi, 246° SW
George Keppler House (Museum) — 20.9 mi, 246° SW
Hoosier Salon (Gallery) — 20.9 mi, 246° SW
New Harmony Contemporary Gallery & Shop (Gallery) — 21.0 mi, 246° SW
Maximillian Bodmer Exhibit (Museum) — 21.0 mi, 246° SW
Archaeological Dig (Historic Ruins) — 21.0 mi, 247° SW
The Atheneum & Visitors Center at Historic New Harmony (Museum) — 21.1 mi, 247° SW
Harmonie State Park (State Park) — 21.8 mi, 239° SW
Green River National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Partnership Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.7 mi, 179° S · 2,073 acres
John James Audubon State Park (State Park) — 24.1 mi, 176° S
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 47.1 mi, 059° NE · 204k acres

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