Grayford Indiana Map

About Grayford, Indiana

Grayford is a locality in Jennings County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 124. The population density is 33.2 people per km². Grayford is located at 38.9628°N, 85.5741°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. ZIP code: 47265.

Grayford occupies a quiet expanse of the Indiana interior, where the land settles into a mosaic of disciplined farmland and dense, encroaching woodlots. It lies 6.3 miles east-southeast of Jennings, IN (from Jennings, IN: bearing 108°T), and is situated 4.0 miles southeast of North Vernon. The horizon remains broad and flat, broken only by the thin, dark silhouettes of timber that mark the reach of Selmier State Forest just five miles away. Goose Run carves a narrow, persistent path through the soil, its waters moving with a deliberate, sluggish patience toward the lowlands. Near the edge of the property line, the surface of Crosley Lake holds the sky in a mirror of muted slate, while the distant, hazy blue of Copeland Ridge asserts itself fourteen miles to the west, a permanent, silent observer of the changing seasons.

Grayford maintains a slow, steady pulse tethered to the cycles of the harvest and the stewardship of the land. The Crosley Fish And Wildlife Area defines the immediate character of the outskirts, providing a vast, quiet corridor for local fauna and those who seek the solitude of the brush. Economic life here is defined by the resilience of the regional soil and the modest trade that keeps the local storehouses full. While Hungry Hollow lies twelve miles away as a distant fold in the topography, the people of Grayford find their rhythm in the immediate work of the fields and the maintenance of the fences. There is a particular clarity to the light here during the late afternoons of autumn, a golden, heavy quality that seems to pause over the rows of corn, emphasizing the stillness of a place that values the weight of its own long-held traditions.

About This Grayford Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Grayford, Indiana. Coordinates: 38.962833, -85.574133. 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 Grayford includes the ZIP code (47265), telephone area code (317), county seat of Jennings County (Vernon), and school district assignment (Jennings County Schools).

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.