Explore Union City, 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 Union City, 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 Union City.
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 | Union City |
| State | Indiana (IN) |
| County | Randolph County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| Latitude | 40.199321 |
| Longitude | -84.820643 |
| Population | 3,454 |
| Density | 590.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 47390 |
| Area Code | 317 |
| County Seat | Winchester |
| School District | Randolph Eastern School Corporation |
Union City anchors itself firmly upon the flat, expansive plains of the Midwest, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered by the shadow of any distant peak. It lies 9.8 miles east-southeast of Randolph, IN (from Randolph, IN: bearing 117°T), and is situated 9.3 miles east-northeast of Winchester. The City Drain carves a quiet, utilitarian path through the landscape, acting as a persistent vein that directs the runoff of the surrounding fields toward the low-lying basins. To the west, the land remains a mosaic of woodlot and fertile soil, while the gentle elevation of Hoosier Hill rises fourteen miles away, a solitary landmark in an otherwise level geography. At dusk, the light here possesses a peculiar clarity, turning the stalks of grain into shimmering bronze and casting long, thin shadows that seem to stretch across the very fiber of the earth. For those seeking the stillness of water, the banks of Twin Willows Lake provide a quiet retreat eight miles from the center, where the wind ripples across the surface with a soft, rhythmic persistence.
Union City carries the weight of a history forged in the intersection of rail lines and industrial ambition, leaving behind a legacy of brick architecture that persists in the quiet corners of the downtown district. The local economy has long been tethered to the pulse of manufacturing and the steady, seasonal labor of the surrounding agricultural tracts, creating a rhythm of life defined by the transition from planting to harvest. Residents gather in the open spaces of Unknown Park, a local expanse that serves as a common ground for the daily movements of the people. There is a particular endurance in the way the morning traffic hums past the sturdy, weathered facades of the older buildings, suggesting a place that values the steady accumulation of years over the frantic pace of modern change. Even as the decades alter the nature of the work performed behind those brick walls, the character of the place remains fixed, quiet, and deeply rooted in the heavy, productive soil that defines the region.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Union City, Indiana. Coordinates: 40.199321, -84.820643. 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 Union City includes the ZIP code (47390), telephone area code (317), county seat of Randolph County (Winchester), and school district assignment (Randolph Eastern 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. |