Templeton Indiana Map

About Templeton, Indiana

Templeton is a locality in Benton County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 75. The population density is 245.4 people per km². Templeton is located at 40.5128°N, 87.2078°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. ZIP codes: 47986, 47971.

Templeton anchors itself upon a vast, flat expanse of Indiana prairie where the horizon line remains unbroken by anything save for the occasional silhouette of a grain silo or a line of utility poles. It lies 16.4 miles southwest of White, IN (from White, IN: bearing 226°T), and is situated 9.3 miles southeast of Fowler. The earth here is dark and heavy, a deep loam that dictates the slow, deliberate pulse of the day as it shifts from the sharp clarity of morning to the long, amber shadows of dusk. Just a mile away, the quiet passage of Ella Brown Ditch slices through the fields, a modest ribbon of water that marks the subtle drainage of the plains. To the north, the land rises imperceptibly toward the distance where Mount Gilboa stands as a singular, muted reference point against the sky, while seven miles distant, the grasses of Fowler Highway Prairie Management Area preserve a memory of the wilder, unplowed state of this geography.

Templeton persists as a quiet node in a network of agricultural industry, defined by the seasonal rhythm of planting and harvest that dictates the economic life of the neighborhood. The local character is forged by the pragmatic legacy of those who first broke this sod, leaving behind a landscape organized into precise, geometric parcels of corn and soybean. While the pace of life remains tethered to the soil, the presence of Purdue University Pond nine miles to the east exerts a subtle, intellectual gravity on the region, drawing the occasional traveler or student away from the fields and toward the water’s edge. Even in the stillness of a gray afternoon, there is a particular, enduring weight to the air in Templeton, a sense that the history of the place is not found in grand monuments, but in the persistent, unchanging cycle of the seasons turning over the black, fertile ground.

About This Templeton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Templeton, Indiana. Coordinates: 40.512814, -87.207792. 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 Templeton includes the ZIP code (47986, 47971), telephone area code (765), county seat of Benton County (Fowler), and school district assignment (Benton Community 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.