Explore Hudson, 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 Hudson, 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 Hudson.
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 | Hudson |
| State | Indiana (IN) |
| County | Steuben County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| Latitude | 41.532828 |
| Longitude | -85.081079 |
| Population | 585 |
| Density | 324.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 46747 |
| Area Code | 574 |
| County Seat | Angola |
| School District | Prairie Heights Community School Corporation |
Hudson emerges from the flat, industrious quilt of the Indiana plains as a modest collection of gable roofs and sturdy, unadorned storefronts. It lies 7.5 miles southwest of Steuben, IN (from Steuben, IN: bearing 223°T), and is situated 8.7 miles north-northwest of DeKalb. The horizon here is vast and indifferent, broken only by the occasional silhouette of a grain silo or the muted, shifting greens of a distant woodlot. Within a mile of the center, the quiet waters of Little Turkey Lake gather in a low basin, reflecting a sky that seems to possess more weight and color than the earth beneath it. To the west, the land yields to the gentle, persistent drainage of Smathers Ditch, where the moisture deepens the soil and keeps the surrounding fields in a state of perpetual, heavy productivity. On summer afternoons, the light catches the tall grasses near Fireman's Park, turning the air into a golden, suspended medium that smells faintly of turned dirt and drying stalks.
Hudson carries the quiet, linear history of a place defined by the railroad and the stubborn persistence of the regional farmer. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the seasons and the mechanical hum of local workshops, where the work is precise, private, and essential to the machinery of the state. Life here moves with a deliberate, measured gait, far removed from the frantic pace of the larger hubs, though the shadow of Sand Hill looms eight miles off, a reminder of the subtle, ancient shifts in the topography. There is a particular stillness in the mornings, when the frost clings to the rail lines and the town begins its day with the clatter of machinery and the low, steady conversation of people who have known their neighbors for generations. It is a place where the character of the landscape—the long, straight roads and the expansive fields—dictates the temperament of those who walk them, fostering a culture of endurance and quiet observation.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hudson, Indiana. Coordinates: 41.532828, -85.081079. 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 Hudson includes the ZIP code (46747), telephone area code (574), county seat of Steuben County (Angola), and school district assignment (Prairie Heights Community School Corporation).
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. |