Hazleton Indiana Map

About Hazleton, Indiana

Hazleton is a locality in Gibson County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 194. The population density is 216.5 people per km². Hazleton is located at 38.4889°N, 87.5417°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Vincennes) timezone. Hazleton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 47640.

Hazleton emerges from the flat, industrious expanse of the Indiana plains where the White River carves a slow, deliberate path through the earth. It lies 13.0 miles south of Vincennes, IN (from Vincennes, IN: bearing 183°T), and is situated 9.3 miles north of Princeton. The landscape here is defined by a mosaic of woodlots and vast fields that stretch toward the Dicksburg Hills, which rise like a soft, bruised shadow against the western horizon. During the humid transitions of dusk, the light over Hazleton takes on a heavy, golden quality, catching the dust of the fields and turning the air into a shimmering, breathable amber. Only five miles away, Wabash Pond remains a quiet, glassy mirror for the clouds, tucked away from the main arteries of movement that define the region.

Hazleton maintains a steady, quiet pulse, rooted in the agrarian cycles of the surrounding soil and the legacy of its position along the river. The local economy persists through a quiet commitment to the land, where the rhythms of harvest and season dictate the pace of life more than any clock. Beyond the immediate fields, the proximity to the Wabash River - Mount Carmel provides a sense of wild, untouched space that contrasts with the methodical grid of the nearby farms. Life in Hazleton is marked by a persistent, unadorned simplicity, where the architecture of brick and timber stands as a silent witness to generations who have watched the seasons turn the color of the plains from deep, verdant green to the brittle, pale straw of late autumn.

About This Hazleton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hazleton, Indiana. Coordinates: 38.488936, -87.541689. 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 Hazleton includes the ZIP code (47640), telephone area code (812), county seat of Gibson County (Princeton), and school district assignment (North Gibson School Corporation).

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.