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Milroy Indiana Map

Explore Milroy, 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.

Interactive Map of Milroy, Indiana

How to Use This Milroy, Indiana Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Milroy, 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 Milroy.

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.

CityMilroy
StateIndiana (IN)
CountyRush County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis)
Latitude39.496993
Longitude-85.469692
Population628
Density366.3 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code46156
Area Code260
County SeatRushville
School DistrictRush County Schools

About Milroy, Indiana

Milroy is a locality in Rush County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 628. The population density is 366.3 people per km². Milroy is located at 39.4970°N, 85.4697°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. ZIP code: 46156.

Milroy emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of the Indiana plains where the sunlight stretches long and thin across the horizon at the close of every day. It lies 10.8 miles south-southeast of Rush, IN (from Rush, IN: bearing 166°T), and is situated 7.9 miles south of Rushville. The Little Flatrock River carves a quiet, meandering path through the landscape, its waters reflecting the muted greens of woodlots and the deep, dark soil of the surrounding fields. Beyond the immediate reach of the riverbanks, the terrain remains largely level, though the distant elevation of McGuire Ridge provides a faint, hazy silhouette against the northern sky. Residents often look toward the nearby expanse of Lake Santee for recreation, or travel to the trails of Riverside Park to observe the seasonal changes in the timber. In Milroy, the air carries the scent of damp earth and coming weather, a sensory reminder of the expansive sky that dominates this inland reach of the American Midwest.

History here is written in the grain of the soil and the endurance of the local agricultural economy, which has sustained families for generations through the steady rhythm of planting and harvest. Milroy maintains a character defined by its reliance on the land, where the architecture of modest, brick-faced buildings and weathered silos stands as a functional response to the demands of a farming life. While the pace of the day is dictated by the turning of the seasons, there is a quiet resilience in the way the local economy adapts to modern shifts without losing its connection to the surrounding fields. Life here is measured in the steady persistence of rural labor and the simple, enduring connections formed within a place where the landscape is both a livelihood and a legacy.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Riverside Park (Local Park) — 7.2 mi, 007° N
  • Princess Theater (Cinema) — 7.9 mi, 010° N
  • Veterans Memorial Park (Local Park) — 8.3 mi, 007° N
  • Greensburg Reservoir Public Fishing Area (State Recreation Area) — 10.6 mi, 193° S
  • Lest We Forget (Monument) — 11.1 mi, 184° S
  • Decatur County Civil War Memorial Marker (Monument) — 11.1 mi, 184° S
  • Spanish American War Veterans Marker (Monument) — 11.1 mi, 184° S
  • Decatur County Youth Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 11.7 mi, 193° S
  • Little Balser and His Bears (Public Artwork) — 16.5 mi, 277° W
  • Biergartens (Viewpoint) — 20.6 mi, 176° S
  • Brookville Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 23.4 mi, 091° E
  • Old Fairfield (Historic Ruins) — 25.3 mi, 086° E
  • Whitewater State Park (State Park) — 26.9 mi, 074° E
  • Hornbeam Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 27.5 mi, 074° E
  • Fish Cleaning Station (Attraction) — 28.0 mi, 074° E
  • Brush Creek Fish And Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 28.8 mi, 183° S
  • Atterbury Fish And Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 28.9 mi, 253° W
  • Versailles State Park (State Park) — 29.5 mi, 158° S
  • YES Cinema (Cinema) — 31.6 mi, 230° SW
  • On Stage Live At The Luxe (Arts Centre) — 33.8 mi, 284° W
  • Warren Perfoming Arts Center (Theatre) — 34.8 mi, 306° NW
  • Indiana State Police Museum (Museum) — 35.6 mi, 306° NW
  • Memorial and External Flame (Attraction) — 35.9 mi, 306° NW
  • Fall Creek Woods (Nature Reserve) — 36.4 mi, 353° N
  • Irving Theater (Theatre) — 37.3 mi, 301° NW
  • Joseph Moore Museum (Museum) — 37.3 mi, 053° NE
  • Key Stadium (Stadium) — 38.2 mi, 293° NW
  • Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 40.2 mi, 205° SW · 16k acres
  • Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 44.0 mi, 229° SW · 204k acres
  • Charles C. Deam Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 53.7 mi, 234° SW · 13k acres

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About This Milroy Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Milroy, Indiana. Coordinates: 39.496993, -85.469692. 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 Milroy includes the ZIP code (46156), telephone area code (260), county seat of Rush County (Rushville), and school district assignment (Rush County 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.