Monroe City Indiana Map

About Monroe City, Indiana

Monroe City is a locality in Knox County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 502. The population density is 720.5 people per km². Monroe City is located at 38.6153°N, 87.3545°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Vincennes) timezone. Monroe City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 47557.

Monroe City emerges from the expansive, flat horizon of the Indiana plains as a collection of structures defined by the intersection of earth and sky. It lies 10.3 miles west-southwest of Washington, IN (from Washington, IN: bearing 253°T), and is situated 9.5 miles north-northwest of Petersburg. The landscape surrounding Monroe City is dominated by a persistent, orderly geometry of corn and soybean fields, broken only by the thin, winding ribbon of McCoy Creek as it marks a quiet passage through the soil a mile away. To the east, the Beech Hills rise as a soft, muted silhouette against the dusk, while the surface of Nicholson Pond catches the fading light four miles distant, holding the reflection of the clouds in a stillness that feels heavy with the coming night.

Agriculture remains the singular, rhythmic pulse of Monroe City, dictating the tempo of the seasons and the heavy, metallic scent of machinery that occasionally drifts through the air. The legacy of the land is preserved in the quiet stewardship found at the Farm Service Agency Interest Of In, where eight miles of protected space allow the local ecology to persist undisturbed by the demands of production. Life here moves with a deliberate, singular focus, where the inhabitants recognize the value of the dark, fertile loam under their feet and the reliable cycle of the harvest. Whether in the low-slung architecture of the older buildings or the expansive silence that settles over the fields at midday, Monroe City maintains a character forged by the patience of the plains and the unyielding requirements of the seasons.

About This Monroe City Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Monroe City, Indiana. Coordinates: 38.615326, -87.354461. 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 Monroe City includes the ZIP code (47557), telephone area code (812), county seat of Knox County (Vincennes), and school district assignment (South Knox School Corporation).

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.