Explore Pennville, 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 Pennville, 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 Pennville.
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 | Pennville |
| State | Indiana (IN) |
| County | Wayne County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| Latitude | 40.491917 |
| Longitude | -85.14694 |
| Population | 621 |
| Density | 482.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 47327, 47369 |
| Area Code | 317 |
| County Seat | Richmond |
| School District | Jay School Corporation |
Pennville emerges from the flat, industrious expanse of the Indiana plains where the silver ribbon of Franklin Creek carves a persistent path through the topsoil. It lies 11.1 miles west-southwest of Wayne, IN (from Wayne, IN: bearing 243°T), and is situated 6.1 miles west of Centerville. The landscape here is a study in horizontal patience, defined by a mosaic of woodlots and meticulously furrowed fields that catch the low, honeyed light of late afternoon. Only on the furthest horizon might a traveler catch a faint, blue-gray suggestion of McGuire Ridge, a phantom presence that anchors the vast sky to the earth. A mile to the west, the quiet surface of We-Hi Lake holds the reflection of passing clouds, while the nearby Martindale Public Fishing Area offers a sanctuary of reeds and stillness, shielding the local wildlife from the steady hum of the modern world.
Pennville carries the quiet gravity of a place built on the promise of the soil and the endurance of the rail. The local economy persists in the rhythm of agricultural cycles and the small-scale commerce of a community that prefers the steady over the swift. Sturdy brick facades line the center, echoing a time when the pulse of the region was measured by the grain elevator and the harvest, rather than the frantic pace of the digital age. Life in Pennville is defined by the soft scrape of work boots on pavement and the way the evening air settles cool and damp against the limestone foundations of older homes. It is a place where the passage of time is marked not by grand monuments, but by the subtle, seasonal shift in the color of the corn as it bends under the weight of an Indiana summer.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pennville, Indiana. Coordinates: 40.491917, -85.14694. 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 Pennville includes the ZIP code (47327, 47369), telephone area code (317), county seat of Wayne County (Richmond), and school district assignment (Jay School Corporation).
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. |