Rob Roy Indiana Map

About Rob Roy, Indiana

Rob Roy is a locality in Fountain County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 177. The population density is 46.9 people per km². Rob Roy is located at 40.2367°N, 87.2433°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. ZIP code: 47918.

Rob Roy emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of the Indiana prairie as a quiet collection of structures defined by the persistent presence of Little Shawnee Creek. It lies 5.0 miles east-northeast of Fountain, IN (from Fountain, IN: bearing 78°T), and is situated 4.0 miles south of Attica. This waterway cuts a deliberate path through the landscape, its slow, dark currents serving as a constant companion to the fields that stretch toward the horizon in every direction. The atmosphere here takes on a particular weight as the sun begins to dip, casting a long, amber glow that flattens the shadows of the surrounding woodlots and grain silos. To the east, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Devils Backbone provides a singular break in the skyline, a reminder of the rugged terrain that exists far beyond these level, working lands.

Rob Roy maintains an identity forged in the steady labor of the soil, where the economy remains tethered to the cycles of planting and harvest that dictate the rhythm of the year. While the reach of the modern world encroaches, the local character retains a spare, pragmatic quality, evidenced by the quiet paths leading toward the nearby expanse of Happy Walter Field or the reflective, still waters of Shawnee Lake. History remains etched in the modest architecture of the region, which feels less like a monument to the past and more like a functional response to the demands of the basin, particularly as one looks toward the low-lying shadows of Rattlesnake Hollow. Life here moves with a certain gravity, marked by the persistent, unadorned beauty of a horizon that never asks for attention but commands it nonetheless.

About This Rob Roy Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rob Roy, Indiana. Coordinates: 40.236704, -87.243342. 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 Rob Roy includes the ZIP code (47918), telephone area code (765), county seat of Fountain County (Covington), and school district assignment (Attica Consolidated 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.