Walesboro Indiana Map

About Walesboro, Indiana

Walesboro is a locality in Bartholomew County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 331. The population density is 192.1 people per km². Walesboro is located at 39.1453°N, 85.9144°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. ZIP code: 47201.

Walesboro sits at a crossroads, where the low, fertile plains of Bartholomew County begin to hint at the more rolling terrain that lies further south. It lies 3.9 miles south of Columbus, IN (from Columbus, IN: bearing 175°T), and is situated 4.5 miles south-south-west of Bartholomew. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch out under a wide, often brilliant sky, their green and gold hues shifting with the prevailing breeze. The landscape here is one of gentle slopes and broad horizons, punctuated by stands of oak and maple that soften the edges of cultivated land. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a clean scent of sun-baked earth and ripening crops, a testament to the agricultural heart of this place. The roads, mostly paved but with their fair share of gravel shoulders, trace the straight lines of property boundaries and the meandering paths of drainage ditches, a quiet geometry laid over the land. The history of Walesboro is bound to the fertile ground it occupies and the waterways that once served as its arteries. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of rich soil, established farms that continue to form the bedrock of the local economy. While larger industries may have passed it by, Walesboro retains a character shaped by generations of agricultural endeavor, a persistence in the land. The rhythm of life here is tied to the seasons, to the planting and the harvest, a cadence that has echoed through the community for over a century. The occasional grain elevator, a stoic sentinel against the sky, speaks of the enduring importance of the harvest, a quiet monument to the sustenance drawn from this very soil.

About This Walesboro Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Walesboro, Indiana — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 39.14533, -85.914432. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Walesboro and Bartholomew County.

Detailed location data for Walesboro includes the ZIP code (47201), telephone area code (317), county seat of Bartholomew County (Columbus), and school district assignment (Bartholomew County School Corporation). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Walesboro is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.