Explore Manchester, 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 Manchester, 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 Manchester.
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 | Manchester |
| State | Indiana (IN) |
| County | Montgomery County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.097819 |
| Longitude | -86.904174 |
| Density | N/A /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 47001, 47933, 47041 |
| Area Code | 765, 317, 463 |
| County Seat | Crawfordsville |
| School District | South Dearborn Community School Corporation |
Manchester claims the quiet intersection of fertile soil and persistent water, where the currents of Black Creek draw a wandering line through the low-lying fields. It lies 4.2 miles north-northwest of Crawfordsville, IN (from Crawfordsville, IN: bearing 338°T), and is situated 22.1 miles south of Lafayette. The landscape unfolds as a mosaic of woodlots and open acreage, a flat expanse that holds the amber light of late afternoon with a heavy, golden stillness. Thirteen miles to the distance, the silhouette of Devils Backbone rises against the horizon like a jagged spine, anchoring the view while the immediate earth remains defined by the rhythmic turning of the plow. Only three miles away, the quiet grounds of Sugar Creek Park offer a reprieve of shade, while the waters of Sportsmans Club Lake sit five miles out, reflecting the pale, expansive sky of the interior plains.
Manchester serves as a steady anchor for the regional economy, where the heritage of agrarian labor remains visible in the sturdy, brick-faced architecture of the center. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a place where the primary industry is tethered to the harvest and the land’s seasonal respiration. The local character is shaped by a quiet self-reliance, with the daily rhythm dictated by the demands of the fields and the maintenance of the homesteads that dot the surrounding grid. Neighbors recognize the approach of evening by the way the shadows lengthen across the road, signaling a pause in the labor and a retreat into the warmth of the wood-framed houses that have defined Manchester for generations.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Manchester, Indiana. Coordinates: 40.097819, -86.904174. 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 Manchester includes the ZIP code (47001, 47933, 47041), telephone area code (765, 317, 463), county seat of Montgomery County (Crawfordsville), and school district assignment (South Dearborn 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. |