Explore Gwynneville, 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 Gwynneville, 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 Gwynneville.
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 | Gwynneville |
| State | Indiana (IN) |
| County | Shelby County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| Latitude | 39.660879 |
| Longitude | -85.648032 |
| Population | 198 |
| Density | 181.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 46144, 46161 |
| Area Code | 260 |
| County Seat | Shelbyville |
| School District | Shelby Eastern Schools |
Gwynneville emerges from the flat expanse of the Indiana plains, defined by the quiet persistence of the Prairie Branch as it carves a slow path through the loamy soil. It lies 6.9 miles west of Rush, IN (from Rush, IN: bearing 277°T), and is situated 9.2 miles south-southwest of Henry. The horizon remains vast and unobstructed, save for the distant, hazy suggestion of McGuire Ridge far to the east, which anchors the sky during the long, amber-hued afternoons of autumn. Five miles away, the stillness of Frank Alexander Lake offers a reflective silence, while the nearby Efroymson Woods provide a dense, shadowed sanctuary of oak and hickory that breathes a cooler, moss-scented air into the surrounding fields. The light here has a way of thickening at dusk, turning the stubble of the harvested cornfields into a sea of burnished copper that seems to hold the warmth of the day long after the sun has dipped below the western edge of the world.
Gwynneville retains the quiet, deliberate pace of a place built upon the labor of the soil, where the economy remains tied to the cycles of planting and the steady rhythm of the regional harvest. Settled in an era when the railroad and the plow dictated the survival of the frontier, the locality maintains a modest architectural honesty, with brick facades that have weathered the seasons with a sturdy, uncomplaining grace. While the industrial hum of the modern world persists in the distance, life here follows the pulse of the seasons, occasionally drawing residents toward the deeper, more ancient canopy of Swain Memorial Forest for reprieve. The character of the people is forged in this landscape of open sky and fertile earth, manifesting in a reserved communal patience that recognizes the value of a day’s work and the simple relief of a quiet evening porch.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Gwynneville, Indiana. Coordinates: 39.660879, -85.648032. 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 Gwynneville includes the ZIP code (46144, 46161), telephone area code (260), county seat of Shelby County (Shelbyville), and school district assignment (Shelby Eastern Schools).
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. |