Explore Markleville, 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 Markleville, 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 Markleville.
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 | Markleville |
| State | Indiana (IN) |
| County | Madison County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| Latitude | 39.977822 |
| Longitude | -85.614698 |
| Population | 484 |
| Density | 335.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 46056 |
| Area Code | 260 |
| County Seat | Anderson |
| School District | South Madison Community School Corporation |
Markleville sits amidst a quiet expanse of Indiana farmland, where the flat, fertile horizon is punctuated only by the vertical reach of grain silos and the occasional stand of hardwood timber. It lies 9.5 miles south-southeast of Anderson, IN (from Anderson, IN: bearing 158°T), and is situated 7.1 miles east of Pendleton. Chadwick Ditch traces the periphery of the landscape, a modest artery of water that serves as a quiet witness to the seasonal shifts of the soil. Beyond the immediate fields, the earth maintains a steady, unremarkable grace, far removed from the turbulence of any coastline and defined instead by the vast, open sky that turns a bruised violet in the early autumn evenings. The air here holds a stillness that seems to amplify the rustle of dry cornstalks, grounding the traveler in a geography of endurance and measured time.
Markleville carries the weight of a settlement forged by the necessity of the plow and the persistence of the rail, evolving from its early agricultural roots into a place where the pace of life remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest. The economy draws its slow, reliable pulse from the surrounding fields, though the influence of the nearby Honey Creek Trail offers a softer connection to the local ecology for those who seek the shade of the woods. While the distant silhouette of Hog Back might catch the light on a clear day, the focus remains on the immediate work of the neighborhood and the preservation of a way of life that prioritizes neighborly reliance over the clamor of the wider world. Even the proximity of Perry Lake provides a singular, quiet refuge, reinforcing a character defined not by grand spectacle, but by the simple, consistent texture of daily existence.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Markleville, Indiana. Coordinates: 39.977822, -85.614698. 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 Markleville includes the ZIP code (46056), telephone area code (260), county seat of Madison County (Anderson), and school district assignment (South Madison 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. |