Explore Waterloo, 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 Waterloo, 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 Waterloo.
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 | Waterloo |
| State | Indiana (IN) |
| County | DeKalb County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| Latitude | 41.437398 |
| Longitude | -85.051661 |
| Population | 2,116 |
| Density | 385.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 47331, 46143, 46793 |
| Area Code | 260, 574 |
| County Seat | Auburn |
| School District | DeKalb County Central United School District |
Waterloo anchors itself firmly upon a flat expanse of northern Indiana, where the horizon stretches wide and the sky asserts its presence over the patchwork of woodlots and productive fields. It lies 1.3 miles north of DeKalb, IN (from DeKalb, IN: bearing 8°T), and is situated 4.9 miles north-northeast of Auburn. Cedar Creek traces a winding path through the landscape, its waters carving a quiet, persistent channel through the silty earth just a short distance from the center of the grid. Within the local topography, Francis Thomson Park serves as a modest clearing where the air often carries the damp, earthy scent of turning soil and seasonal change. Beyond the immediate terrain, the landscape remains largely level, though the distant silhouette of Baby Mountain provides a faint, jagged suggestion of variation against the fading light of a long afternoon.
Waterloo maintains a character forged by the rhythm of the rail and the steady persistence of regional commerce, reflecting an economy that has long looked toward the movement of goods and the cultivation of the surrounding plains. The architecture here favors the sturdy, utilitarian brickwork of an earlier era, grounding the streets in a sense of permanence that outlasts the shifting trends of the modern day. Life in Waterloo moves with a deliberate, measured pace, punctuated by the seasonal labor of the harvest and the quiet activities of residents who gather in the shade of the local greenery. Those seeking the stillness of deeper waters often venture three miles to Cedar Lake, where the surface reflects the changing colors of the canopy, a reminder of the quiet, inland grace that defines this corner of the state.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Waterloo, Indiana. Coordinates: 41.437398, -85.051661. 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 Waterloo includes the ZIP code (47331, 46143, 46793), telephone area code (260, 574), county seat of DeKalb County (Auburn), and school district assignment (DeKalb County Central United School District).
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. |