Explore Vallonia, 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 Vallonia, 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 Vallonia.
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 | Vallonia |
| State | Indiana (IN) |
| County | Jackson County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| Latitude | 38.846998 |
| Longitude | -86.097759 |
| Population | 379 |
| Density | 193.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 47281 |
| Area Code | 317 |
| County Seat | Brownstown |
| School District | Brownstown Central Community School Corporation |
Vallonia occupies a quiet expanse of the East Fork White River valley, where the earth flattens into a persistent, fertile mosaic of farmland and woodlot. It lies 13.6 miles southwest of Seymour, IN (from Seymour, IN: bearing 235°T), and is situated 3.7 miles southwest of Brownstown. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain rises toward the rugged silhouettes of the Jackson-Washington State Forest, a vast stretch of timber that defines the horizon for those traveling through the valley floor. Near the southern edge of the settlement, the Singer Ditch cuts a narrow, purposeful path through the silt, its movement subtle and rhythmic against the backdrop of the fields. To the north, the elevation shifts toward the slopes of Potato Knob, providing a distant, fixed point of reference in a landscape governed by the slow, seasonal turn of the plow and the deep, silent cooling of the soil as dusk settles over the plains.
History in Vallonia remains anchored in the remnants of the early frontier, recalling the French settlers who sought a life in the interior long before the industrial pull of the north took hold. The local economy persists as a sturdy extension of the land itself, relying on the productivity of the surrounding acreage and the steady, quiet maintenance of regional infrastructure. Residents often look toward the nearby Starve Hollow for a respite of quiet water, or venture into the Jackson-Washington State Forest to navigate trails that have remained largely unchanged by the decades. Life in Vallonia moves at the pace of the harvest and the changing light, a steady observation of the seasons where the most notable features are not grand monuments, but the persistent integrity of the woodlot and the reliable, unremarkable grace of a day spent working the earth.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Vallonia, Indiana. Coordinates: 38.846998, -86.097759. 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 Vallonia includes the ZIP code (47281), telephone area code (317), county seat of Jackson County (Brownstown), and school district assignment (Brownstown Central Community 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. |