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Francesville Indiana Map

Explore Francesville, 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 Francesville, Indiana

How to Use This Francesville, Indiana Map

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

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	Francesville
State	Indiana (IN)
County	Pulaski County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Winamac)

Latitude	40.985317
Longitude	-86.879461
Population	852
Density	1082.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	47946
Area Code	765
County Seat	Winamac
School District	West Central School Corporation

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About Francesville, Indiana

Francesville is a locality in Pulaski County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 852. The population density is 1082.1 people per km². Francesville is located at 40.9853°N, 86.8795°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Winamac) timezone. Francesville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 47946.

Francesville emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of the Indiana plains like a quiet punctuation mark in a long, unbroken sentence of corn and soybean fields. It lies 13.9 miles southwest of Ripley, IN (from Ripley, IN: bearing 235°T), and is situated 8.1 miles north of Monon. The landscape here is defined by a rigorous, horizontal geometry, where the sky claims more territory than the earth, and the light at dusk bleeds a bruised violet across the vast, open canopy. A mile away, the Big Monon Ditch carves a deliberate, utilitarian path through the soil, its presence a subtle reminder of the landscape’s need for constant drainage and disciplined management. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the land shifts into a mosaic of woodlots and scrub, eventually giving way to the protected, marshy expanse of the Jasper-Pulaski Fish And Wildlife Area, where the seasonal migration of sandhill cranes transforms the silence of the flats into a sudden, resonant clamor.

Francesville carries the weight of a settlement forged in the necessity of the rail and the plow, its streets laid out with a plain-spoken efficiency that favors function over flourish. The economy remains tethered to the rhythmic cycles of the surrounding agriculture, where the prosperity of the season is measured in bushel weights and the persistent, low hum of machinery during the harvest. While the distant elevation of Bunker Hill offers a minor variation to the otherwise level topography, the true character of the locality is found in the steady, internal pace of its daily commerce and the enduring brick facades that anchor the center. Life here is influenced by the proximity of larger regional centers, yet it maintains a distinct isolation, far from the influence of Lake Shafer or the bustle of more crowded corridors, allowing the inhabitants to cultivate a quiet, self-contained independence that persists beneath the changing seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Jasper-Pulaski Fish And Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.5 mi, 354° N
Jasper-Pulaski State Nursery (State Resource Management Area) — 11.9 mi, 355° N
Tefft Savanna (Conservation Area) — 12.0 mi, 336° NW
Kersting's Cycle Center & Museum (Museum) — 13.2 mi, 025° NE
Ritz Cinema (Cinema) — 14.6 mi, 256° W
Prairie Arts Council (Arts Centre) — 14.6 mi, 257° W
Lilian Fendig Gallery (Gallery) — 14.7 mi, 257° W
Winamac Fish And Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.7 mi, 058° NE
Isis Theater (Cinema) — 15.1 mi, 072° E
Indian Head Gateway (Public Artwork) — 15.4 mi, 073° E
Tippecanoe River State Park (State Park) — 16.6 mi, 060° NE
Monterey Community Park Memorial (Monument) — 23.8 mi, 060° NE
American Eagle Flight 4184 Roadside Memorial (Monument) — 23.9 mi, 289° W
Knox Community High School Auditorium (Theatre) — 24.5 mi, 032° NE
Stone Quarry Overlook (Viewpoint) — 28.8 mi, 160° S
Delphi Opera House (Theatre) — 29.6 mi, 159° S
Paper Mill Site (Historic Ruins) — 29.7 mi, 160° S
Monon High Bridge (Historic Ruins) — 30.0 mi, 156° SE
"in Memory of Our Fathers" (Monument) — 31.0 mi, 121° SE
Prophetstown State Park (State Park) — 31.1 mi, 171° S
Museum of American Politcal Communication (Museum) — 31.2 mi, 120° SE
Welcome to Logansport (Attraction) — 31.2 mi, 121° SE
Artist Avenue (Gallery) — 31.3 mi, 120° SE
Cole Clothing Museum (Museum) — 31.5 mi, 120° SE
Kankakee National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.3 mi, 273° W · 132 acres
Indiana Dunes National Park (National Park) — 43.1 mi, 002° N · 11k acres
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (Marine Protected Area) — 43.1 mi, 002° N
Southwest Michigan Great Lakes State Bottomland Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 62.4 mi, 011° N
Midewin Other (National Forest) — 64.9 mi, 296° NW · 18k acres

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