Lakewood Indiana Map

About Lakewood, Indiana

Lakewood is a locality in Vigo County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 568. The population density is 678.2 people per km². Lakewood is located at 40.6864°N, 86.7597°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. ZIP codes: 47960, 47802.

Lakewood sits upon a flat, expansive plateau where the horizon stretches thin and pale against the Indiana sky. It lies 7.7 miles southeast of Terre Haute, IN (from Terre Haute, IN: bearing 129°T), and is situated 8.8 miles west-northwest of Clay. The landscape around Lakewood is defined by a mosaic of woodlots and geometric fields that hold the morning frost long after the sun has climbed. To the east, the distant silhouette of Indian Ridge provides a jagged anchor to an otherwise level vista, while the immediate terrain falls away toward the quiet banks of Honey Creek. At the center of the residential grid, Lakewood Subdivision Lake catches the flat, heavy light of dusk, reflecting the silhouette of oaks that line its edges like sentinels. Five miles to the west, the landscape deepens into the basin of Clay Prairie, where the soil darkens and the tall grasses lean in the wind.

Economic life in Lakewood remains tied to the slow, mechanical rhythms of the regional agricultural cycle and the maintenance of local infrastructure. Residents often spend their afternoons at Idle Creek Golf Course, where the manicured fairways offer a sharp contrast to the wilder, overgrown margins of the surrounding timber. The pace of daily existence here is measured not by the clock, but by the changing color of the corn and the migration of hawks circling above the fields. History is kept in the quiet maintenance of brick facades and the sturdy, unadorned architecture that defines the local streets. Every autumn, the air carries the scent of dry stalks and cooling earth, a reminder that the character of Lakewood is forged in the steady labor of those who work the land and the endurance of those who stay to watch the seasons turn.

About This Lakewood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lakewood, Indiana. Coordinates: 40.686427, -86.759733. 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 Lakewood includes the ZIP code (47960, 47802), telephone area code (765), county seat of Vigo County (Terre Haute), and school district assignment (Vigo County 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.