Explore Grammer, 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 Grammer, 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 Grammer.
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 | Grammer |
| State | Indiana (IN) |
| County | Bartholomew County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| Latitude | 39.15283 |
| Longitude | -85.724978 |
| Population | 336 |
| Density | 75.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 47236 |
| Area Code | 317 |
| County Seat | Columbus |
| School District | Bartholomew County School Corporation |
Grammer maintains a quiet presence amidst the expansive flatlands of the Indiana interior, defined primarily by the slow, deliberate movement of Rock Creek as it carves a path through the dark, fertile soil. It lies 9.6 miles east-southeast of Bartholomew, IN (from Bartholomew, IN: bearing 113°T), and is situated 8.3 miles north of Country Squire Lakes. The landscape reveals itself as a mosaic of working fields and small woodlots, where the horizon remains wide and unobstructed, save for the distant, hazy silhouette of Pleasant Ridge that marks the edge of the regional vista. Sunlight here possesses a particular clarity, catching the edges of grain silos and the rusted iron of old machinery, casting long, sharp shadows that emphasize the flat, enduring patience of the earth. During the humid transitions of the seasons, the air holds the scent of turned soil and distant rain, grounding the senses in a geography that demands little but yields much to those who watch the light change over the meadows.
Grammer persists as a byproduct of the rail era, its identity shaped by the necessity of moving grain and timber across the vast, inland plains that define this section of the state. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest, a cycle that dictates the pace of life far more than the clocks in the quiet houses that line the grid. Residents look toward Anderson Falls Nature Preserve for the rare geological relief of limestone shelves and cascading water, or wander the deeper timber of Selmier State Forest to find a respite from the organized geometry of the surrounding farms. While the world beyond the county line continues its hurried acceleration, Grammer holds fast to a steady, unadorned character, functioning as a silent witness to the seasonal shifts of the Midwest, where the evening quiet is broken only by the occasional, distant rumble of a train or the rustle of wind through the corn.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Grammer, Indiana. Coordinates: 39.15283, -85.724978. 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 Grammer includes the ZIP code (47236), telephone area code (317), county seat of Bartholomew County (Columbus), and school district assignment (Bartholomew County 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. |