Explore Williams, 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 Williams, 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 Williams.
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 | Williams |
| State | Indiana (IN) |
| County | Lawrence County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| Latitude | 38.818262 |
| Longitude | -86.637134 |
| Population | 229 |
| Density | 24.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 46733, 47470 |
| Area Code | 574, 317 |
| County Seat | Bedford |
| School District | North Lawrence Community Schools |
Williams occupies a singular bend where the East Fork White River cuts a deep, limestone-lined swath through the dense greenery of the Indiana interior. It lies 9.5 miles west-southwest of Bedford, IN (from Bedford, IN: bearing 246°T), and is situated 13.8 miles west-southwest of Crawford. The land here rises in slow, deliberate swells toward the distant silhouette of Burton Ridge, a geological spine that defines the horizon and anchors the perspective of the valley. Sunlight catches the sediment-heavy flow of the East Fork White River, turning the water into a ribbon of hammered pewter as it moves past the crumbling, silent masonry of the Williams Dam Public Fishing Area. Beyond the riverbanks, the terrain shifts into a mosaic of woodlots and heavy earth, where the air hangs thick with the scent of damp moss and the slow, inexorable decay of fallen timber, giving the landscape a weight that feels both ancient and immediate.
Williams emerged from the necessity of the rail and the abundance of the surrounding quarries, its history etched into the very bones of the limestone that provided the foundation for its earliest structures. The economy once turned on the extraction of this stone, a quiet industry that defined the local rhythm before the shift toward broader agricultural pursuits across the surrounding fields. While the stillness of the present day suggests a place turned inward, the legacy of the region remains visible in the stark, industrial remnants of the dam and the rugged isolation offered by the nearby Connelly Cave. Life in Williams proceeds with a measured, deliberate pace, far removed from the clamor of the world, where the passage of time is measured not by the clock, but by the seasonal transformation of the nearby Martin State Forest and the slow, rhythmic rising of the waters at Tincher Lake.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Williams, Indiana. Coordinates: 38.818262, -86.637134. 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 Williams includes the ZIP code (46733, 47470), telephone area code (574, 317), county seat of Lawrence County (Bedford), and school district assignment (North Lawrence Community Schools).
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. |