Otisco Indiana Map

About Otisco, Indiana

Otisco is a locality in Clark County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 109. The population density is 106.5 people per km². Otisco is located at 38.5423°N, 85.6672°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Kentucky/Louisville) timezone. ZIP code: 47163.

Otisco occupies a quiet expanse of southern Indiana, where the landscape is defined by the steady, seasonal persistence of the Dry Branch as it carves its path through the earth. It lies 7.2 miles north-northeast of Clark, IN (from Clark, IN: bearing 26°T), and is situated 8.9 miles northwest of Owen. The terrain here favors a mosaic of woodlots and open fields, maintaining a stillness that predates the modern grid, while the presence of Shady Hollow Lake just a mile away provides a reflective anchor for the local horizon. To the west, the distant profile of the Devils Backbone shadows the land, and the air carries a crisp, limestone-filtered clarity that distinguishes this inland plateau from the humid river plains further south. At dusk, the light settles over the fields in long, amber slats, illuminating the subtle gradients of the soil and the quiet endurance of the surrounding timber.

Otisco emerged from the early patterns of agricultural settlement, growing as a center for those who worked the stubborn, productive clay of the region. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the harvest and the maintenance of the land, with the nearby Nine Penny Branch (Run Woods) Nature Preserve standing as a reminder of the dense, wilder state of the territory before the plow. History here is marked not by grand monuments, but by the generational knowledge of how the water moves through the local ravines and how the cycles of the seasons dictate the pace of work. Life in Otisco moves with a deliberate, unadorned gravity, where the identity of the place is held in the quiet labor of its residents and the enduring, unremarkable beauty of the inland woods.

About This Otisco Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Otisco, Indiana. Coordinates: 38.542284, -85.667186. 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 Otisco includes the ZIP code (47163), telephone area code (317), county seat of Clark County (Jeffersonville), and school district assignment (Greater Clark County 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.