Explore Tecumseh, 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 Tecumseh, 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 Tecumseh.
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 | Tecumseh |
| State | Indiana (IN) |
| County | Vigo County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| Latitude | 39.569899 |
| Longitude | -87.425801 |
| Population | 778 |
| Density | 86.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 47909, 47885 |
| Area Code | 765 |
| County Seat | Terre Haute |
| School District | Vigo County School Corporation |
Tecumseh emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of the Indiana plains where the earth holds a deep, dark richness beneath the seasonal cycles of corn and soy. It lies 2.4 miles north of Harrison, IN (from Harrison, IN: bearing 1°T), and is situated 6.7 miles north of Terre Haute. The Wabash River carves a deliberate path through the landscape, its slow, heavy currents defining the western edge of the local geography as it moves toward the horizon. Farmer Lake rests quietly at the center of the terrain, offering a still, glassy counterpoint to the persistent motion of the river nearby. On clear days, the faint, jagged silhouette of Indian Ridge haunts the distant skyline, a reminder of the more rugged elevations that exist far beyond the immediate reach of the valley. The air here carries the scent of damp soil and drying stalks, a heavy, grounded atmosphere that settles over the fields long before the sun dips below the level plains.
Tecumseh maintains a steady, agricultural rhythm, anchored by the heritage of the families who first broke this ground and the persistent industry that keeps the grain elevators standing as the sentinels of the skyline. The local economy remains tied to the cycles of the harvest, with the nearby Wabash Healthy Rivers area providing a protected corridor where the natural floodplains still function as they did before the arrival of the plow. Life moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands the value of a long season, where the primary school calendar and the local high school basketball games dictate the social pulse of the year. There is a quiet, enduring beauty in the way the light catches the brick facades of the older buildings at dusk, turning the gray stone and mortar into a warm, glowing amber that briefly softens the utilitarian edges of the landscape.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Tecumseh, Indiana. Coordinates: 39.569899, -87.425801. 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 Tecumseh includes the ZIP code (47909, 47885), telephone area code (765), county seat of Vigo County (Terre Haute), and school district assignment (Vigo County 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. |