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Shirley Indiana Map

Explore Shirley, 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.

Interactive Map of Shirley, Indiana

How to Use This Shirley, Indiana Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Shirley, 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 Shirley.

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	Shirley
State	Indiana (IN)
County	Hancock County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis)

Latitude	39.891989
Longitude	-85.57692
Population	819
Density	875.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	47384
Area Code	317
County Seat	Greenfield
School District	Eastern Hancock County Community School Corporation

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About Shirley, Indiana

Shirley is a locality in Hancock County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 819. The population density is 875.9 people per km². Shirley is located at 39.8920°N, 85.5769°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. Shirley is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 47384.

Shirley emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of the Indiana plains where the sky holds a vast, pale clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of every wooden fence and rusted grain silo. It lies 7.4 miles north of Henry, IN (from Henry, IN: bearing 4°T), and is situated 7.2 miles north-northwest of Knightstown. The terrain here is defined by a slow, deliberate flatness, broken only by the thin, winding ribbon of Sixmile Creek, which cuts through the soil a mile away, and the quiet, still surface of Perry Lake, resting two miles from the center of the grid. Broad fields of corn and soybean stretch toward the distance, creating a landscape that breathes with the changing seasons, shifting from the stark, frozen grays of winter to the intense, humid greens of mid-July. At dusk, the light catches the dust rising from the gravel lanes, casting a soft, amber glow that makes the woodlots appear as dark, solid islands in a sea of managed earth, while the silhouette of Hog Back remains a distant, faint suggestion far on the western horizon.

Shirley grew from the industry of the rail and the promise of natural gas, a history still visible in the weathered brick facades that hold their ground against the eroding pull of time. The local economy, once tethered to the feverish drilling of the late nineteenth century, has settled into a quiet rhythm where the labor of the hands remains the primary currency of the day. Residents move with a measured pace, acknowledging the seasons as both a practical concern and a spiritual marker, often traveling seven miles to find the quietude of Sunset Park when the work week relents. There is a particular resilience in the architecture of the place, where modest homes and small storefronts speak to a legacy of self-reliance, and the air carries the faint, dry scent of turned soil and distant machinery, grounding the life of Shirley in the steady, unadorned reality of the Midwestern interior.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Westwood Park (Local Park) — 7.2 mi, 089° E
City of New Castle Lot (State Conservation Area) — 8.2 mi, 074° E
Fall Creek Woods (Nature Reserve) — 8.8 mi, 007° N
Memorial Park (Local Park) — 10.2 mi, 071° E
Giant Cross (Public Artwork) — 10.5 mi, 239° SW
World War 1 Memorial (Monument) — 11.0 mi, 068° E
Henry County Courthouse (Monument) — 11.3 mi, 076° E
Civil War Monument (Monument) — 11.3 mi, 076° E
Honey Creek Trail (State Recreation Area) — 11.3 mi, 012° N
Pendleton Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 11.6 mi, 314° NW
Wilbur Wright Fish And Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.6 mi, 067° NE
Tri County Golf Club Lot (Local Recreation) — 12.2 mi, 030° NE
Southside Sports Complex (State Recreation Area) — 13.5 mi, 334° NW
Mounds State Park (State Park) — 14.0 mi, 349° N
Earthwork C (Historic Ruins) — 14.1 mi, 350° N
Earthwork B (Historic Ruins) — 14.1 mi, 350° N
Summit Lake State Park (State Park) — 15.4 mi, 055° NE
Emagine Cinemas 16 (Cinema) — 20.1 mi, 290° W
Custom Framing and Fine Art Gallery (Gallery) — 20.1 mi, 279° W
Princess Theater (Cinema) — 20.7 mi, 160° S
Southside turkey lives here. (Nature Reserve) — 21.3 mi, 029° NE
Site 4 (Attraction) — 22.8 mi, 036° NE
Belfry Theatre (Theatre) — 22.8 mi, 292° W
Site 8 (Attraction) — 22.9 mi, 035° NE
David Owsley Museum of Art (Museum) — 23.0 mi, 022° N
Sursa Performance Hall (Theatre) — 23.1 mi, 023° NE
Site 3 (Attraction) — 23.3 mi, 036° NE
Site 5 (Attraction) — 23.7 mi, 035° NE
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 62.5 mi, 206° SW · 204k acres
Charles C. Deam Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 69.0 mi, 214° SW · 13k acres

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