Pike County, Indiana Map
Explore Pike County, Indiana with this interactive street and satellite map. Browse all 10 cities and towns in Pike County below.
Interactive Map of Pike County, Indiana
| County | Pike |
| State | Indiana (IN) |
| County Seat | Petersburg |
| Country | United States of America |
| Latitude | 38.391716 |
| Longitude | -87.231176 |
| Cities & Towns | 10 |
| Area Codes | 317, 812 |
About Pike County, Indiana
Pike County occupies a landscape where the flat, fertile plains of the north begin to yield to the rugged, broken anatomy of southern Indiana. The White River defines its northern boundary, a slow-moving artery that carved deep meanders through the sedimentary bedrock over aeons, while the Patoka River cuts a sinuous path through the center, often spilling into the low-lying bottomlands that harbor a thick, humid silence. This is a country of coal-seamed earth and dense, tangled woodlots where the air at dusk hangs heavy with the scent of damp loam and cooling minerals. The terrain does not rise in uniform waves, but rather in sudden, abrupt ridges that catch the low autumn light, casting long shadows across the fields of corn and soybean stubble that dominate the horizon.
Pike County emerged from the wilderness in the early nineteenth century as settlers moved inland from the Ohio River, seeking land that promised both timber and the potential for extraction. These pioneers arrived with the stubborn, quiet resolve of those who expect little from the soil but what they can wrestle from it with iron and sweat. The seat of government was eventually established near the geographic center, a choice dictated by the need for accessibility across the difficult, unbridged terrain of the era. The courthouse stands as a gravity-bound anchor for the surrounding grid of streets, its brick facade absorbing the heat of summer afternoons and reflecting the muted, gray light of winter mornings, reminding the traveler that the order of law was imposed here long before the roads were paved.
Modern life here maintains a tether to the earth, defined by the heavy machinery of surface mining and the seasonal cycles of large-scale agriculture. The character of the place is marked by a certain self-reliance, a social gravity that pulls inward toward the high school gymnasium on a Friday night, where the sharp squeak of sneakers on hardwood provides the primary soundtrack for the community. Landmarks here are not grand monuments but rather the sprawling, reclaimed landscapes of former strip mines, now transformed into quiet reservoirs and overgrown prairies that draw the hawk and the deer. It is a place where the pace of the day is dictated by the sun and the shifting color of the sky above the silos, suggesting a world that prefers the slow, steady accumulation of seasons over the frantic pulse of the modern city.
Cities and Towns in Pike County
About This Pike County Map Page
This page provides an interactive map of Pike County, Indiana alongside links to detailed street maps for 10 cities and towns. The county seat is Petersburg. Each city and town map page includes live weather, local news and precise GPS coordinates.
The Search Maps button below the county map opens USGS topographic maps and aerial imagery as base layers, with a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a single-fix GPS readout giving your USNG grid reference and latitude and longitude.
Location data is sourced from the USGS GNIS database and verified by coordinates, not name matching alone.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | USGS GNIS database; coordinates matched to 2020 US Census records |
