Explore Fowlerton, 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 Fowlerton, 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 Fowlerton.
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 | Fowlerton |
| State | Indiana (IN) |
| County | Grant County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| Latitude | 40.409486 |
| Longitude | -85.573585 |
| Population | 268 |
| Density | 527.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 46930 |
| Area Code | 574 |
| County Seat | Marion |
| School District | Madison-Grant United School Corporation |
Fowlerton marks its presence upon the flat, expansive plains of Indiana, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered by any distant mountain peak. It lies 7.3 miles southeast of Grant, IN (from Grant, IN: bearing 127°T), and is situated 5.8 miles south-southeast of Gas City. The Fowlerton Drain carves a quiet, purposeful path through the earth here, its course defining the local topography as it meanders through the surrounding mosaic of farmland and woodlot. Beyond the immediate reach of the drain, the landscape remains largely level, interrupted only by the occasional cluster of trees that break the expanse of the fields. To the west, the proximity of Botany Glen provides a preserved sanctuary of native flora, offering a reprieve from the cultivated grid of the region. Under the vast Midwestern sky, the quality of light at dusk often turns the fields to a deep, burnished gold, casting long, lean shadows that emphasize the stillness of the open ground.
Fowlerton traces its origins to the industrious pulse of the agricultural frontier, a history rooted in the fertile soil that continues to dictate the local economy. While the demands of modern commerce have changed the rhythm of daily life, the community maintains a connection to the cycles of the harvest and the quiet stability of a land-based livelihood. Residents often look toward the nearby waters of Dollar Lake for recreation, finding a measure of calm in the reflection of the clouds upon its surface. The character of Fowlerton endures in the simple architecture of its buildings and the deliberate pace of its people, who navigate the seasons with a resilience learned from generations of working the heavy, dark earth. Life here proceeds without fanfare, guided by the familiar rotation of crops and the subtle, changing colors of the plains as they shift from the vibrant green of early summer to the muted, frosted grays of late autumn.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fowlerton, Indiana. Coordinates: 40.409486, -85.573585. 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 Fowlerton includes the ZIP code (46930), telephone area code (574), county seat of Grant County (Marion), and school district assignment (Madison-Grant United 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. |