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Hessen Cassel Indiana Map

Explore Hessen Cassel, 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 Hessen Cassel, Indiana

How to Use This Hessen Cassel, Indiana Map

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

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.

CityHessen Cassel
StateIndiana (IN)
CountyAllen County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis)
Latitude40.977826
Longitude-85.079136
Population261
Density60.6 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code46816
Area Code574
County SeatFort Wayne
School DistrictEast Allen County Schools

About Hessen Cassel, Indiana

Hessen Cassel is a locality in Allen County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 261. The population density is 60.6 people per km². Hessen Cassel is located at 40.9778°N, 85.0791°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. ZIP code: 46816.

Hessen Cassel manifests as a quiet intersection of flat agricultural plains and modest woodlots, where the horizon stretches wide under an expansive, unencumbered sky. It lies 7.2 miles south-southwest of New Haven, IN (from New Haven, IN: bearing 208°T), and is situated 8.1 miles northeast of Ossian. The Saint Marys River carves a deliberate path just a mile away, its presence marked by the thick, dark vegetation that thrives in the damp soils of the low-lying basin. During the autumn months, the air grows crisp and heavy with the scent of harvested corn and drying stalks, creating a stillness that seems to suspend the very light as it turns a deep, bruised gold against the silos. While the landscape lacks the dramatic verticality of mountain ranges, the subtle shifts in elevation across the fields lend a rhythmic, undulating quality to the earth, grounded by the steady, persistent presence of the inland soil.

Hessen Cassel maintains an enduring connection to its nineteenth-century roots, where the influence of early German settlers remains visible in the sturdy, deliberate architecture of the older homesteads that dot the landscape. The local economy persists in a quiet dialogue with the land, sustained by the productivity of the surrounding farms and the steady transit of regional commerce. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, occasionally punctuated by those who venture out to the Southtown Centre Trail Phase I for a walk through the managed greenery, or those who find a moment of reflection near the banks of Moser Lake. There is a particular, understated dignity in how Hessen Cassel carries its history, favoring the quiet utility of a well-tended field over the clamor of rapid change, allowing the daily routines of its people to blend seamlessly into the vast, open geography of the Midwest.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Tillman Park (Local Park) — 3.5 mi, 315° NW
  • Fairview Golf Course (Park) — 3.7 mi, 318° NW
  • Ft. Wayne River Greenway - Phase II (State Recreation Area) — 4.1 mi, 311° NW
  • Foster Park (Local Park) — 4.5 mi, 314° NW
  • Brookwood Golf Club (Park) — 4.7 mi, 280° W
  • Wunderkammer Company (Arts Centre) — 6.3 mi, 327° NW
  • The Learners (Public Artwork) — 7.2 mi, 343° N
  • Richardville (Monument) — 7.4 mi, 335° NW
  • St. Mary's River Greenway (State Recreation Area) — 7.6 mi, 325° NW
  • Police Memorial (Monument) — 7.6 mi, 337° NW
  • Kekionga (Monument) — 7.7 mi, 340° N
  • St. Mary's overlook Deck (Viewpoint) — 8.1 mi, 338° N
  • Fort Wayne Improv (Theatre) — 8.5 mi, 345° N
  • Lindenwood Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 8.6 mi, 322° NW
  • Painting Fun Spot (Attraction) — 9.0 mi, 317° NW
  • Sumatran Orangutan (Attraction) — 9.7 mi, 337° NW
  • California Sea Lion (Attraction) — 9.7 mi, 337° NW
  • Sumatran Tiger (Attraction) — 9.8 mi, 337° NW
  • Cinema Grill (Cinema) — 10.0 mi, 004° N
  • LC Nature Park (Nature Reserve) — 12.7 mi, 275° W
  • Roanoke Area Heritage Center (Museum) — 15.4 mi, 266° W
  • Roush Lake Fish And Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.5 mi, 228° SW
  • Ouabache State Park (State Park) — 17.3 mi, 183° S
  • Pulse Opera House (Theatre) — 27.3 mi, 222° SW
  • Chain O' Lakes State Park (State Park) — 27.7 mi, 329° NW
  • Mid-America Windmill Museum (Museum) — 32.6 mi, 346° N
  • North Manchester Center of History (Museum) — 36.0 mi, 273° W
  • SOZO Art Studio LLC (Gallery) — 37.6 mi, 344° N

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About This Hessen Cassel Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hessen Cassel, Indiana. Coordinates: 40.977826, -85.079136. 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 Hessen Cassel includes the ZIP code (46816), telephone area code (574), county seat of Allen County (Fort Wayne), and school district assignment (East Allen County 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.