Plainville Indiana Map

About Plainville, Indiana

Plainville is a locality in Daviess County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 412. The population density is 424.9 people per km². Plainville is located at 38.8062°N, 87.1522°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Vincennes) timezone. ZIP code: 47568.

Plainville rests in a landscape of gentle swells and broad, open fields, a place where the horizon seems to stretch endlessly under a vast Indiana sky. It lies 7.2 miles north of Daviess, IN (from Daviess, IN: bearing 356°T), and is situated 8.7 miles east-north-east of Bicknell. The land here is a patchwork quilt of cultivated earth, the dark, rich soil yielding rows of corn and soybeans that march with an almost geometric precision across the terrain. Scattered copses of trees, their branches reaching like skeletal fingers against the pale blue, offer fleeting shade, and the air, especially in the late afternoon, carries the sweet, earthy scent of drying hay and distant woodsmoke. The very quiet of Plainville is a palpable thing, broken only by the occasional rumble of a passing truck on the highway or the distant call of a crow. The history of Plainville is etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet perseverance of its people and the fertile ground they cultivate. Founded in an era when agriculture was the undisputed king of this region, its economy has long been tied to the bounty of the land, a tradition that continues today with modern farming techniques and a deep respect for the cycles of nature. The absence of major industries here has preserved a certain unhurried rhythm to life, a steady beat that echoes the changing seasons. You can feel the echoes of past generations in the weathered barns that still stand sentinel in the fields, silent witnesses to decades of planting and harvest, and in the way the community gathers, a quiet strength woven through shared experiences and a profound connection to this particular patch of Daviess County.

About This Plainville Map Page

This page provides an interactive Google map of Plainville, Indiana with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Plainville and Daviess County.

Detailed location data for Plainville includes the ZIP code (47568), telephone area code (812), county seat of Daviess County (Washington), and school district assignment (North Daviess Community Schools). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Plainville is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.