Explore Ramsey, 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 Ramsey, 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 Ramsey.
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 | Ramsey |
| State | Indiana (IN) |
| County | Harrison County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Kentucky/Louisville) |
| Latitude | 38.323676 |
| Longitude | -86.154696 |
| Population | 439 |
| Density | 149.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 47166 |
| Area Code | 317 |
| County Seat | Corydon |
| School District | North Harrison Community School Corporation |
Ramsey emerges from the limestone-heavy soil of southern Indiana as a quiet intersection of rural industry and limestone topography. It lies 14.6 miles west of Floyd, IN (from Floyd, IN: bearing 280°T), and is situated 9.9 miles west-northwest of Georgetown. Opossum Trial Ridge looms a mere mile away, providing a jagged, forested silhouette that dictates the drainage of the local earth toward the nearby Clover Valley. The air here holds a distinct, heavy quality during the humid summer months, often cooling rapidly as the sun dips behind the trees, casting long, sharp shadows across the farm-to-market roads. Four miles away, Indian Creek carves a path through the landscape, its waters serving as a silent, moving constant in a terrain otherwise defined by the stillness of woodlots and pasture. Residents often look toward the Harrison - Crawford State Forest two miles distant, where the land remains untamed and dense, contrasting with the manicured rows of corn and soy that stretch toward the horizon.
Ramsey maintains a pace of life tethered to the rhythms of the seasons and the demands of local agriculture, echoing a history built upon the labor of those who cleared the dense timber to establish early homesteads. While the economy has shifted from the localized milling and rail-side commerce of its founding eras, the character of Ramsey remains grounded in a pragmatic, blue-collar resilience that values the preservation of the surrounding woodland. The proximity to the Harrison - Crawford State Forest offers a buffer of wilderness, while the proximity to Lake Number Two, six miles off, provides a quiet destination for those seeking the stillness of water. Life here is measured in the slow transit of heavy trucks and the seasonal cycles of the harvest, creating a distinct, unpretentious atmosphere where the influence of the land—its geology and its stubborn, limestone-rich earth—is felt in every foundation and fence line.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ramsey, Indiana. Coordinates: 38.323676, -86.154696. 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 Ramsey includes the ZIP code (47166), telephone area code (317), county seat of Harrison County (Corydon), and school district assignment (North Harrison Community 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. |