Explore Millhousen, 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 Millhousen, 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 Millhousen.
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 | Millhousen |
| State | Indiana (IN) |
| County | Decatur County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| Latitude | 39.210607 |
| Longitude | -85.432467 |
| Population | 149 |
| Density | 57.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 47240, 47261 |
| Area Code | 317 |
| County Seat | Greensburg |
| School District | Decatur County Community Schools |
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.
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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).
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. |