Owensville Indiana Map

About Owensville, Indiana

Owensville is a locality in Gibson County, Indiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,338. The population density is 907.9 people per km². Owensville is located at 38.2720°N, 87.6878°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Owensville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 47665.

Owensville emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of southwestern Indiana as a quiet grid defined by the steady, unassuming presence of Owen Run, which skirts the edge of the settlement like a silver thread stitched into the dark loam. It lies 10.2 miles north of Martin, IN (from Martin, IN: bearing 356°T), and is situated 8.7 miles southwest of Princeton. Beyond the immediate streets, the horizon remains wide and unencumbered, save for the distant, hazy silhouette of the Gordon Hills that anchor the far landscape in a smudge of blue-gray. Sunlight here possesses a peculiar, heavy clarity, casting elongated shadows across the fields that stretch toward the horizon, while the nearby Tern Bar Slough offers a sanctuary of tangled reeds and stagnant, glass-still water. To the north, the waters of Broad Pond catch the amber light of late afternoon, mirroring the wide skies that dominate this inland basin.

Agriculture serves as the pulse of Owensville, where the rhythm of the seasons is dictated by the turning of the soil and the methodical harvest of corn and soybeans. The economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding mosaic of woodlots and expansive acreage, a heritage that has shaped the town’s sturdy, utilitarian character over generations. Life here moves with a deliberate, measured pace, finding its social center in the local basketball courts where the sharp, rhythmic snap of a ball against asphalt punctuates the evening air. There is a profound stillness in the way the local architecture—simple brick facades and weather-worn porches—seems to surrender to the vastness of the plains, reflecting a community that values the persistence of the harvest and the quiet continuity of the interior landscape.

About This Owensville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Owensville, Indiana. Coordinates: 38.271989, -87.687804. 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 Owensville includes the ZIP code (47665), telephone area code (812), county seat of Gibson County (Princeton), and school district assignment (South Gibson 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.