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Francisco Indiana Map

Explore Francisco, 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 Francisco, Indiana

How to Use This Francisco, Indiana Map

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

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

Latitude	38.332269
Longitude	-87.445295
Population	545
Density	345.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	47649
Area Code	812
County Seat	Princeton
School District	East Gibson School Corporation

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About Francisco, Indiana

Francisco is a locality in Gibson County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 545. The population density is 345.0 people per km². Francisco is located at 38.3323°N, 87.4453°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Francisco is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 47649.

Francisco asserts its presence across a landscape defined by the modest, purposeful meanderings of Lost Creek, which carves a path through the flat, fertile earth of the surrounding bottomlands. It lies 18.8 miles north-northeast of Vanderburgh, IN (from Vanderburgh, IN: bearing 23°T), and is situated 6.8 miles east-southeast of Princeton. The horizon remains wide and unencumbered, occasionally broken by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Dicksburg Hills, which rise like a soft violet bruise against the twilight sky. Beyond the immediate fields of corn and soybean, the Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge offers a quiet sanctuary of flooded timber and marsh, where the air holds the heavy, metallic scent of damp soil and ancient, decaying leaves. In the late afternoon, the light here takes on a peculiar, honeyed thickness, flattening the distance between the woodlots and the open prairie until the entire geography feels like a single, seamless expanse of quiet, working land.

Francisco carries the weight of its agricultural roots in the weathered brick of its older buildings and the persistent, low-frequency hum of regional freight traffic. The local economy remains anchored to the rhythms of the soil and the iron arteries of the railroad, a legacy that has dictated the pace of life since the village first coalesced near the rail tracks. Life here follows the seasonal rotation of the harvest, a cycle punctuated by the distant, mechanical clatter of machinery and the occasional silence that settles over the streets when the work is done. Though Lake Gibson sits a short distance away, its presence is felt more in the subtle humidity of the summer evenings than in any direct influence on the daily grind. Residents move with a deliberate, measured gait, their lives shaped by the intersection of industrial utility and the vast, indifferent beauty of the Hoosier plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.1 mi, 020° N · 20k acres
Pike State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 044° NE
Oakland City Golf Club (Local Recreation) — 4.7 mi, 091° E
Company F. 42nd Indiana Monument (Public Artwork) — 5.5 mi, 085° E
Lincoln Park (Local Park) — 6.5 mi, 286° W
Gibson County Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 284° W
Fifty-Eighth Indiana Regiment Monument (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 284° W
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 6.9 mi, 283° W
Gibson County Visitors & Tourism (Attraction) — 7.2 mi, 283° W
Gibson County Fairgrounds (Local Recreation) — 7.4 mi, 285° W
Sugar Ridge Fish And Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.6 mi, 084° E
Peter Britton Cabin (Monument) — 13.0 mi, 036° NE
Farm Service Agency Interest Of In (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.9 mi, 032° NE · 462 acres
Gibson Lake Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 15.6 mi, 273° W
Beall Woods Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 20.5 mi, 275° W
Beall Woods State Park (Nature Reserve) — 20.8 mi, 274° W
Scales Lake State Beach (State Park) — 20.9 mi, 152° SE
Mesker Park Ampitheater (Theatre) — 24.7 mi, 201° S
Victory Theatre (Theatre) — 25.7 mi, 195° S
Merchand Bridge Overlook (Viewpoint) — 25.8 mi, 197° S
Newburgh Academy Of Dance (Arts Centre) — 26.4 mi, 175° S
Daviess County Museum (Museum) — 26.8 mi, 033° NE
Mound E (Historic Ruins) — 26.9 mi, 181° S
Mound B (Historic Ruins) — 26.9 mi, 181° S
Lincoln State Park (State Park) — 27.1 mi, 123° SE
Matthias Scholle House (Museum) — 30.0 mi, 242° SW
1830 Owen House Jacquess Parlor (Museum) — 30.0 mi, 242° SW
George Keppler House (Museum) — 30.0 mi, 242° SW
Hoosier Salon (Gallery) — 30.0 mi, 242° SW
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 37.9 mi, 061° NE · 204k acres

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