Explore Montpelier, 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 Montpelier, 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 Montpelier.
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 | Montpelier |
| State | Indiana (IN) |
| County | Blackford County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| Latitude | 40.553934 |
| Longitude | -85.277472 |
| Population | 1,540 |
| Density | 397.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 47359 |
| Area Code | 317 |
| County Seat | Hartford City |
| School District | Blackford County Schools |
Montpelier holds a quiet gravity amidst the flat, expansive plains of the Midwest, where the horizon stretches thin and pale under the vast vault of the sky. It lies 4.2 miles north-northeast of Blackford, IN (from Blackford, IN: bearing 27°T), and is situated 8.6 miles northeast of Hartford City. The East Creek winds its way through the landscape like a vein of cool, dark glass, carving a subtle path through the surrounding fields that shimmer with the emerald of soy or the tawny gold of corn. At the edge of the residential grid, Montpelier Community Park offers a verdant expanse where the wind catches in the tall grasses, while the placid surface of Lake Blue Water rests only a mile away, mirroring the slow drift of clouds. On the furthest reaches of the horizon, one might catch the faint, serrated shadow of The Hogback, a ghost of stone rising twenty-eight miles distant to remind the traveler of the earth’s ancient, uneven ambition.
Montpelier emerged from the rhythms of the nineteenth-century oil boom, a legacy still whispered in the sturdy brick facades that anchor the downtown center. The local economy persists with a steady, pragmatic pulse, rooted in the labor of the soil and the quiet endurance of small-scale manufacturing that defines the character of the region. Life here moves with a deliberate, unadorned grace, where the light at dusk turns the dusty grain elevators into monuments of deep violet and gray. In the evenings, the air cools to a crisp, earthy stillness, settling over the woodlots and the grid of streets with a weight that speaks of long, unbroken seasons of harvest and growth.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Montpelier, Indiana. Coordinates: 40.553934, -85.277472. 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 Montpelier includes the ZIP code (47359), telephone area code (317), county seat of Blackford County (Hartford City), and school district assignment (Blackford 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 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. |