St. Mary of the Woods Indiana Map

About St. Mary of the Woods, Indiana

St. Mary of the Woods is a locality in Vigo County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 767. The population density is 239.0 people per km². St. Mary of the Woods is located at 39.5109°N, 87.4672°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. ZIP codes: 47885, 47876.

St. Mary of the Woods emerges from a landscape defined by the deliberate, quiet persistence of the East Little Sugar Creek as it carves a path through the dense, verdant canopy of the Wabash Valley. It lies 2.7 miles west-southwest of Harrison, IN (from Harrison, IN: bearing 243°T), and is situated 4.2 miles northwest of Terre Haute. The air here holds a heavy, earthen stillness, particularly as the low light of dusk catches the surface of Saint Marys Lake, turning the water into a sheet of hammered pewter. Beyond the immediate perimeter of the grounds, the terrain shifts into a mosaic of managed woodlots and sprawling farmland, where the horizon remains flat and expansive, save for the faint, jagged suggestion of Indian Ridge that haunts the distant skyline on the clearest of days. Visitors looking for a sense of the wilder, local ecology often find themselves at the Green Valley Public Fishing Area, where the rhythm of the land is measured not by clocks, but by the slow, seasonal migration of waterfowl and the deepening shadows of the timber.

History in St. Mary of the Woods is rooted in a tradition of quiet industry and scholarship, tethered to the enduring presence of the Sisters of Providence who shaped the physical and spiritual architecture of the grounds. The economy here functions with a steady, unadorned efficiency, far removed from the frantic pace of the state’s larger industrial centers, focusing instead on the cultivation of the intellect and the stewardship of the surrounding acreage. Brick buildings, weathered by generations of Indiana winters, stand as markers of a long-standing commitment to education, their solid frames providing a grounding contrast to the fluid, changing colors of the nearby fields. Life here moves with the deliberate grace of a slow-turning season, where the most distinctive feature remains the profound silence that descends once the sun retreats behind the tree line, leaving the woods to reclaim their dominion over the darkening soil.

About This St. Mary of the Woods Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of St. Mary of the Woods, Indiana. Coordinates: 39.510869, -87.467243. 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 St. Mary of the Woods includes the ZIP code (47885, 47876), telephone area code (765), county seat of Vigo County (Terre Haute), and school district assignment (Vigo County 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.