Explore Merton, Wisconsin, 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 Merton, Wisconsin. 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 Wisconsin 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 Merton.
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 | Merton |
| State | Wisconsin (WI) |
| County | Waukesha County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 43.146674 |
| Longitude | -88.306761 |
| Population | 3,441 |
| Density | 400.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 53029, 53056, 53089 |
| Area Code | 608 |
| County Seat | Waukesha |
| School District | Arrowhead Union High School District |
Merton centers its existence upon the quiet, expansive waters of Merton Millpond 26, where the surface holds the sky in a mirror of muted blue and gray. It lies 3.1 miles west of Lisbon, WI (from Lisbon, WI: bearing 261°T), and is situated 9.8 miles west-southwest of Menomonee Falls. The Bark River winds through the landscape, carving a path through the earth that dictates the slow, deliberate pace of the surrounding terrain. To the horizon, the silhouette of Holy Hill rises as a singular, distant anchor for the gaze, watching over the low-slung geography of the region. Merton Fireman'S Park serves as the common ground here, a space where the air tastes of damp soil and the turning seasons, grounding the residents in the raw, unhurried rhythm of the interior plains.
Merton carries the weight of a settlement forged by the steady hands of those who recognized the value in the fertile, inland soil and the kinetic potential of the water. The local economy remains tethered to the traditions of the Midwest, where the industrious spirit of early settlers—those who built the mills and cleared the fields—still informs the character of the daily grind. Life in Merton proceeds with a quiet consistency, defined by the seasonal cycles of the land and the communal gatherings that anchor the neighborhood. Here, the history is not written in grand monuments but in the persistent, functional beauty of the riverbanks and the enduring presence of the landscape that shaped the people who call Merton home.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Merton, Wisconsin. Coordinates: 43.146674, -88.306761. 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 Merton includes the ZIP code (53029, 53056, 53089), telephone area code (608), county seat of Waukesha County (Waukesha), and school district assignment (Arrowhead Union High 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. |