Highland Indiana Map

About Highland, Indiana

Highland is a locality in Vermillion County, Indiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,435. The population density is 755.0 people per km². Highland is located at 38.0461°N, 87.5617°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 47854, 47710, 47167.

Highland sits upon a flat, expansive plain where the horizon stretches wide and the sky asserts itself over the low-slung architecture of the Midwestern grid. It lies 6.2 miles southeast of Vermillion, IN (from Vermillion, IN: bearing 135°T), and is situated 8.5 miles south of Howard. The land is defined by a subtle, persistent flatness, broken only by the narrow, winding path of Little Raccoon Creek, which cuts a quiet vein through the earth just a mile from the center. In the stillness of the afternoon, the light filters through the canopy of scattered woodlots, casting long, lean shadows across the pavement and the manicured lawns of the residential blocks. To the west, the terrain remains largely open, a testament to the ancient, level basin that characterizes this corner of the state, where the air feels heavy with the scent of damp soil and the approaching weather moving in from the plains.

History remains etched into the layout of the streets, reflecting an economy that shifted from the early labor of the rail lines to the steady, rhythmic pulse of modern commerce and small-scale industry. Residents often gather near the Montezuma / Wabash R. Public Access Site, a quiet corner of the landscape that offers a stark, honest view of the local ecology away from the hum of the main thoroughfares. Life in Highland moves with a predictable, grounded pace, sustained by the social gravity of schools and local sport, where the outcome of a game on a Friday night holds more weight than the distant news of the world. While the deeper, more rugged features like Pot Rock Hollow or the distant, singular elevation of Wolf Mound remain far enough away to be mere curiosities of the map, the people here find their own continuity in the everyday labor and the shared, quiet persistence of a life built on solid ground.

About This Highland Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Highland, Indiana. Coordinates: 38.046149, -87.561715. 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 Highland includes the ZIP code (47854, 47710, 47167), telephone area code (317, 260), county seat of Vermillion County (Newport), and school district assignment (Evansville-Vanderburgh 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.