Explore Romney, 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 Romney, 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 Romney.
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 | Romney |
| State | Indiana (IN) |
| County | Tippecanoe County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| Latitude | 40.249482 |
| Longitude | -86.904174 |
| Population | 304 |
| Density | 174.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 47981 |
| Area Code | 765 |
| County Seat | Lafayette |
| School District | Tippecanoe School Corporation |
Romney anchors itself amidst the flat, expansive grain fields of the Indiana interior, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered by anything but the seasonal rhythm of planting and harvest. It lies 11.7 miles south of Lafayette, IN (from Lafayette, IN: bearing 188°T), and is situated 12.2 miles south of West Lafayette. The Kellerman Leaming Ditch cuts a deliberate, narrow path through the black soil nearby, acting as a quiet vein that draws excess moisture from the heavy earth. In the distance, the faint, jagged silhouette of the Devils Backbone serves as a reminder of the more rugged topography that exists far beyond these level plains. The air here carries the scent of turned dirt and drying stalks, particularly at dusk when the light turns a bruised, dusty violet and the shadows of the corn rows lengthen until they blur into a single, dark sheet.
Romney maintains a steady, deliberate pace that reflects its long-standing connection to the agricultural legacy of the Midwest. The local economy remains tied to the cycles of the earth, as silos and metal outbuildings define the silhouette against the sky, standing as monuments to the labor that sustains the region. Residents often look toward the quiet expanse of Mar Len Park for a respite from the machinery of the fields, or travel further to the water at Sportsmans Club Lake when the heat of late summer presses down upon the pavement. Life here is defined by the persistence of the seasons, where the change in the quality of the wind or the color of the stubble in the fields marks the passage of time more clearly than any calendar.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Romney, Indiana. Coordinates: 40.249482, -86.904174. 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 Romney includes the ZIP code (47981), telephone area code (765), county seat of Tippecanoe County (Lafayette), and school district assignment (Tippecanoe 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. |