Petersville Indiana Map

About Petersville, Indiana

Petersville is a locality in Bartholomew County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 134. The population density is 47.9 people per km². Petersville is located at 39.2245°N, 85.8200°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. ZIP code: 47203.

Petersville occupies a quiet expanse of the Indiana interior, defined by the persistent, low-slung meander of Clifty Creek as it cuts through the heavy clay soil. It lies 3.9 miles east-northeast of Bartholomew, IN (from Bartholomew, IN: bearing 72°T), and is situated 5.7 miles east-northeast of Columbus. The land here holds the light of late afternoon in a way that turns the surrounding woodlots into deep, bruised violet shadows, while the open fields stretch toward the hazy blue suggestion of Pleasant Ridge rising in the far distance. Only two miles to the west, the quiet surface of Suhre Lake breaks the monotony of the flat plains, offering a mirror to the expansive, often turbulent Midwestern sky. The air carries the scent of damp earth and drying corn stalks, a scent that seems to thicken as one nears the banks of Clifty Creek, where the water flows over limestone shelves with a rhythmic, percussive sound that has marked the passage of time for generations.

Petersville maintains a steady, deliberate pace tethered to the cycles of the local agricultural economy and the maintenance of the nearby Mccolloughs Run Park, where the remnants of earlier land-use patterns remain visible in the overgrown fence lines. The history of the place is not written in grand monuments but in the sturdy, unadorned architecture of the older farmsteads and the way the roads follow the natural contours of the terrain rather than the rigid geometry of the grid. Life in Petersville is a matter of practical endurance, where the proximity to the deeper, more secluded timber of Selmier State Forest serves as a reminder of the wilderness that once dominated this interior landscape. A particular stillness settles over the houses as the sun dips below the horizon, leaving the residents to the quiet hum of a geography that feels both entirely settled and stubbornly wild.

About This Petersville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Petersville, Indiana. Coordinates: 39.224496, -85.819986. 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 Petersville includes the ZIP code (47203), telephone area code (317), county seat of Bartholomew County (Columbus), and school district assignment (Bartholomew County 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.