Millhousen Indiana Map

About Millhousen, Indiana

Millhousen is a locality in Decatur County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 149. The population density is 57.0 people per km². Millhousen is located at 39.2106°N, 85.4325°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. Millhousen is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 47240, 47261.

Millhousen remains a quiet expanse of Indiana soil where the horizon expands across a vast, rhythmic mosaic of cultivated farmland and dense woodlots. It lies 9.2 miles south-southeast of Greensburg, IN (from Greensburg, IN: bearing 163°T), and is situated 10.1 miles north of Jackson. The terrain possesses a steady, grounded quality, defined by the slow movement of Square Run as it cuts a modest path through the earth only a mile from the center of the grid. To the west, the distant outline of Hogback Hill marks the limit of the sky, a faint, jagged reminder of the geological theater that shaped this inland plateau. When the sun hangs low, the light catches the dust rising from the fields, turning the air into a golden, suspended medium that seems to hold the quietude of the plains in a fragile, amber stillness.

Millhousen emerged from the patient labor of those who cleared the timber to make way for the plow, creating an economy tethered to the cycles of the harvest and the resilience of the local soil. The architecture here favors the sturdy, unadorned presence of brick, reflecting a heritage built on persistence rather than flourish. Though the quiet pace of the day is occasionally punctuated by the distant hum of machinery, the influence of the wider landscape is never far; the deep, shaded quiet of Selmier State Forest waits fifteen miles away, while the recreational expanse of Saltcreek Township Park provides a local common ground. Even the water at Morrison Pond, four miles distant, mirrors the same unchanging sky that oversees the steady, deliberate lives lived within these borders.

About This Millhousen Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Millhousen, Indiana. Coordinates: 39.210607, -85.432467. 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 Millhousen includes the ZIP code (47240, 47261), telephone area code (317), county seat of Decatur County (Greensburg), and school district assignment (Decatur County Community Schools).

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.