Philadelphia Indiana Map

About Philadelphia, Indiana

Philadelphia is a locality in Hancock County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 431. The population density is 270.3 people per km². Philadelphia is located at 39.7814°N, 85.8455°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. ZIP code: 46140.

Philadelphia emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of the Indiana plains as a quiet intersection of rural industry and open sky. It lies 3.0 miles south of Hancock, IN (from Hancock, IN: bearing 177°T), and is situated 4.0 miles west of Greenfield. The Smith Johnson Ditch carves a narrow, deliberate path through the surrounding fields, draining the heavy soil and guiding the seasonal runoff toward the broader basins of the Midwest. Beyond the immediate reach of the local landscape, the distant silhouette of Pea Ridge offers a faint, jagged suggestion of height against the horizon, though the land here remains defined by the horizontal grace of corn and soy. Sunlight stretches long and thin across the gravel shoulders of the roads, illuminating the dust motes that hang in the stillness of the afternoon. A mile to the north, the waters of Spring Lake hold a mirror to the passing clouds, providing a singular, glassy anchor amidst the vast, cultivated grid.

Philadelphia maintains a pace dictated by the seasonal cycle of the harvest and the hum of machinery that defines the regional economy. The presence of Unknown Park ensures a quiet space for the preservation of local flora, serving as a modest buffer between the encroaching quietude of the woods and the working acreage of the surrounding farms. History here is marked not by grand monuments, but by the persistent endurance of the woodlot mosaic that shades the edges of property lines. Even as the modern world shifts, the daily rhythm of Philadelphia remains tethered to the soil, where the evening light turns the grain to a deep, burnished copper and the air carries the scent of cooling earth. Life here is measured in the steady progress of the seasons, a sustained observation of growth and labor that persists beneath the wide, unremarkable expanse of the Indiana sky.

About This Philadelphia Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Philadelphia, Indiana. Coordinates: 39.781432, -85.845535. 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 Philadelphia includes the ZIP code (46140), telephone area code (260), county seat of Hancock County (Greenfield), and school district assignment (New Palestine Community 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.