Explore Saint Wendel, 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 Saint Wendel, 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 Saint Wendel.
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 | Saint Wendel |
| State | Indiana (IN) |
| County | Posey County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 38.105599 |
| Longitude | -87.697245 |
| Population | 923 |
| Density | 255.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 47638, 47720 |
| Area Code | 812 |
| County Seat | Mount Vernon |
Saint Wendel emerges from the quiet intersection of Indiana soil as a patchwork of working acreage and dense woodlots. It lies 1.8 miles southwest of Martin, IN (from Martin, IN: bearing 225°T), and is situated 6.7 miles west-northwest of Vanderburgh. The terrain here holds a persistent, subtle gravity, marked by the steady presence of Neu Creek, which meanders through the landscape just a mile away, carving its path through the dark, fertile loam. Sunlight at dusk catches the edges of the fields with a pale, amber clarity, casting long shadows that stretch over the flat expanse until the horizon blurs into the gray of the coming night. Far to the south, the land remains anchored by the persistent rhythm of agrarian life, where the air tastes faintly of turned earth and drying corn husks, undisturbed by the distant, invisible reach of any mountain range.
Saint Wendel carries the quiet weight of its heritage in the sturdy brick foundations and the deliberate pace of its residents, who navigate the seasons with the focus of a clockmaker. The local economy persists as a testament to the endurance of the land, defined by deep-rooted agricultural traditions that have survived the shifting tides of modern commerce. Beyond the cultivated rows, the community finds its recreation in modest spaces like the Unknown Ball Park, a quiet site six miles away where the grass grows thick and unhurried under the summer sun. While Woodland Lake lies twelve miles distant, the people of Saint Wendel look closer to home for their sense of place, favoring the familiar horizon of their own fields and the predictable, honest cycle of the Indiana harvest.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Saint Wendel, Indiana. Coordinates: 38.105599, -87.697245. 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 Saint Wendel includes the ZIP code (47638, 47720), telephone area code (812), county seat of Posey County (Mount Vernon), and school district assignment.
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. |