Map of Indiana with Cities, Counties, and Towns Network

Discover Indiana's Rich Network of Cities, Counties, and Towns on the Detailed Map

Map of Indiana (USA). Indiana map with cities, counties, and towns. Use this detailed map to understand Indiana's full county grid, every administrative capital (county seat), the major cities and towns, bordering states and waters, and a few highway cues for orientation only. It is the best map style for residents, travelers, and geography students who want clarity without road clutter. This page is a good one to bookmark if you like seeing the whole state laid out before zooming into specifics: all 92 counties sit shaded and labeled together, seat by seat, so a quick glance tells you where any city, town, or courthouse falls before you ever need to search for it.

Borders and waters at a glance: Michigan sits across the northern line, Ohio closes off the east, Kentucky faces Indiana across the Ohio River to the south, and Illinois runs the whole western edge. Tuck into the northwest corner and you'll find a short stretch of Lake Michigan shoreline too. Once you're inside those lines, the Wabash and White rivers become the two threads worth following, they cut across the interior and make most counties easy to place. Highways stay light here on purpose: counties, seats, and towns are what this page is built to show, not turn-by-turn driving detail.

Road-light orientation: Six routes carry almost all the orientation weight on this map. The Indiana Toll Road skims the top of the state from the Chicago area over to Ohio. I-65 runs Gary-Lafayette-Indianapolis-Columbus-Jeffersonville, a diagonal that touches five county seats in one line. I-69 links Fort Wayne-Muncie-Anderson-Indianapolis-Bloomington and keeps going toward Evansville. I-70 cuts straight across through Terre Haute-Indianapolis-Richmond, and I-74 angles from Illinois through Indianapolis to Ohio. Down along the bottom edge, I-64 follows the southern tier near the Ohio River. Treat all of these as guideposts only, follow the county shading first and let the roads confirm what you're already seeing on this Map of Indiana major cities.

Indiana at a Glance

This Indiana map with counties and cities laid side by side shows a state bordered by Michigan to the north, Ohio to the east, Kentucky to the south across the Ohio River, and Illinois to the west, with a short Lake Michigan shoreline in the northwest corner. The map shows 92 counties as color blocks, stitched together by I-65, I-69, I-70, I-74, and the Indiana Toll Road. Capital and largest city: Indianapolis (Marion County), a consolidated city-county government known as Unigov. Largest county by land area: Allen County, home to Fort Wayne, about 657 square miles. Smallest county by land area: Ohio County, about 86 square miles. Most populous county: Marion County. Least populous county: Ohio County. Oldest county: Knox County, established 1790. Total state area: approximately 36,420 square miles. Largest cities by population: Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Evansville, Fishers, South Bend, Carmel, Bloomington, Hammond, Noblesville, and Lafayette.

Complete county and seat index

Adams–Decatur; Allen–Fort Wayne; Bartholomew–Columbus; Benton–Fowler; Blackford–Hartford City; Boone–Lebanon; Brown–Nashville; Carroll–Delphi; Cass–Logansport; Clark–Jeffersonville; Clay–Brazil; Clinton–Frankfort; Crawford–English; Daviess–Washington; Dearborn–Lawrenceburg; Decatur–Greensburg; DeKalb–Auburn; Delaware–Muncie; Dubois–Jasper; Elkhart–Goshen; Fayette–Connersville; Floyd–New Albany; Fountain–Covington; Franklin–Brookville; Fulton–Rochester; Gibson–Princeton; Grant–Marion; Greene–Bloomfield; Hamilton–Noblesville; Hancock–Greenfield; Harrison–Corydon; Hendricks–Danville; Henry–New Castle; Howard–Kokomo; Huntington–Huntington; Jackson–Brownstown; Jasper–Rensselaer; Jay–Portland; Jefferson–Madison; Jennings–Vernon; Johnson–Franklin; Knox–Vincennes; Kosciusko–Warsaw; LaGrange–LaGrange; Lake–Crown Point; LaPorte–La Porte; Lawrence–Bedford; Madison–Anderson; Marion–Indianapolis; Marshall–Plymouth; Martin–Shoals; Miami–Peru; Monroe–Bloomington; Montgomery–Crawfordsville; Morgan–Martinsville; Newton–Kentland; Noble–Albion; Ohio–Rising Sun; Orange–Paoli; Owen–Spencer; Parke–Rockville; Perry–Tell City; Pike–Petersburg; Porter–Valparaiso; Posey–Mount Vernon; Pulaski–Winamac; Putnam–Greencastle; Randolph–Winchester; Ripley–Versailles; Rush–Rushville; St. Joseph–South Bend; Scott–Scottsburg; Shelby–Shelbyville; Spencer–Rockport; Starke–Knox; Steuben–Angola; Sullivan–Sullivan; Switzerland–Vevay; Tippecanoe–Lafayette; Tipton–Tipton; Union–Liberty; Vanderburgh–Evansville; Vermillion–Newport; Vigo–Terre Haute; Wabash–Wabash; Warren–Williamsport; Warrick–Boonville; Washington–Salem; Wayne–Richmond; Wells–Bluffton; White–Monticello; Whitley–Columbia City.

Indiana, County by County

Lake Michigan shoreline and the Calumet region

Start in the Northwest corner, Indiana's front door to Lake Michigan and the edge of the Chicago metro. The counties here fit together tightly, almost like puzzle pieces along the shoreline, and the map keeps every seat easy to spot.

Lake County, seat Crown Point, is the industrial heavyweight of this corner, packed with Gary, Hammond, East Chicago, Merrillville, Griffith, and Hobart, all crowded up against both Illinois and the Lake Michigan shore.

Just east, Porter County, seat Valparaiso, sits a little further inland from Portage and the Indiana Dunes shoreline towns; the map shows it as the bridge between Chicago's suburbs and the quieter farmland behind it.

Keep moving east and you reach LaPorte County, seat La Porte. Michigan City anchors the northeast corner of the lake here, while La Porte itself sits centered inland, with Westville and Kingsford Heights nearby.

Toll Road country – the north line from Illinois to Ohio

Slide east along the Toll Road and the Northern tier of counties lines up in a clean row just under the Michigan border.

St. Joseph County, seat South Bend, is where South Bend and Mishawaka fill the bend of the St. Joseph River, with Notre Dame's campus sitting just north of the city label.

Next door, Elkhart County, seat Goshen, strings together Elkhart, Goshen, Nappanee, and Middlebury along a manufacturing and RV-building corridor.

LaGrange County, seat LaGrange, stays rural, with Shipshewana the one name that jumps off the map.

Steuben County, seat Angola, is dotted with lakes; Angola sits right at the crossroads near Pokagon State Park.

DeKalb County, seat Auburn, keeps Auburn and Waterloo close to the Michigan line, and auto heritage is still part of how the county thinks of itself.

Noble County, seat Albion, wraps Kendallville, Ligonier, and a stretch of lake country around its seat.

Kosciusko County, seat Warsaw, shows Warsaw large in the center of the county, with Winona Lake and Syracuse marked in blue nearby.

Marshall County, seat Plymouth, lines Plymouth up along the Yellow River on US-30, with Bremen visible to the east.

Starke County, seat Knox, is a compact block just south of the Toll Road, with North Judson labeled.

Pulaski County, seat Winamac, sits on the Tippecanoe River, with Francesville out along the western edge.

Northwest interior – sand to prairie

Drop south into the Northwest interior and the land shifts from sand to open prairie. Jasper County, seat Rensselaer, sits squarely on I-65, with Remington and DeMotte giving it context. Newton County, seat Kentland, is Indiana's least populous county, hugging the Illinois line with Morocco and Goodland standing out in an otherwise quiet landscape. South of Newton, Benton County, seat Fowler, runs along that same Illinois border as one of Indiana's leading wind-farm areas, with Earl Park and Otterbein nearby. White County, seat Monticello, wraps twin lakes around its seat, with Brookston and Wolcott lined up along the I-65 axis. Carroll County, seat Delphi, carries Wabash and Erie Canal heritage just northeast of Lafayette. Cass County, seat Logansport, sits right where the Eel and Wabash rivers meet, with Walton and Galveston visible close by.

Wabash River counties and Greater Lafayette

Tippecanoe County, seat Lafayette, straddles the Wabash River with Lafayette on one bank and West Lafayette on the other, Purdue's campus packing the label cluster there tight. Warren County, seat Williamsport, sits up against the river bluffs, with West Lebanon marking the I-74 corridor. Fountain County, seat Covington, pairs Covington with Attica as the main names, and its covered bridges lead straight into neighboring Parke County. Parke County, seat Rockville, surrounds its seat with small towns like the Turkey Run area, a longtime student favorite on this map. Vermillion County, seat Newport, is a narrow river county running north to south right along Illinois. Vigo County, seat Terre Haute, gets a bold label along I-70, Terre Haute anchoring the whole Wabash Valley here.

North-central line – from the Wabash to Miami County

Moving into the North-Central stretch between the Wabash and Miami County: Miami County, seat Peru, sits centrally with the Grissom area nearby and Denver and Bunker Hill for orientation. Fulton County, seat Rochester, wraps Rochester around Lake Manitou, with Kewanna and Akron labeled. Wabash County, seat Wabash, straddles the very river that gave it its name, alongside North Manchester. Huntington County, seat Huntington, follows the Little River valley toward Fort Wayne. Whitley County, seat Columbia City, sits easy to spot between Warsaw and Fort Wayne. Push into the Northeast corner and Allen County, seat Fort Wayne, dominates the map, with New Haven and Auburn-corridor towns close by. South of Allen, Adams County, seat Decatur, runs along the Ohio line, with Berne right near the state border. Wells County, seat Bluffton, carries the Wabash lowland south toward Jay County. Jay County, seat Portland, anchors a rural stretch on the Ohio border. Blackford County, seat Hartford City, is a small eastern county wedged between Grant and Delaware. Grant County, seat Marion, lines Marion, Gas City, and Upland up along the Mississinewa corridor.

The Indianapolis region – Marion County and its ring

Right in the Central part of the state, Indianapolis sits at the middle of the map, ringed by a tidy set of counties that students often learn clockwise.

Marion County, seat Indianapolis, is the state capital itself, Monument Circle marked nearby and the I-465 beltway visible for orientation.

Boone County, seat Lebanon, sits northwest of the city, with Zionsville labeled near the Marion line.

Hamilton County, seat Noblesville, is the fastest-growing county in the ring, packing Carmel, Fishers, Westfield, and Noblesville into a dense cluster of labels.

Madison County, seat Anderson, sits east-northeast of the metro, with Anderson and Elwood the names to know.

Hancock County, seat Greenfield, is due east of Marion along the I-70 corridor.

Shelby County, seat Shelbyville, sits southeast of Indy, with Morristown further east.

Johnson County, seat Franklin, keeps Greenwood right up against the Marion line while Franklin itself sits south on US-31.

Morgan County, seat Martinsville, is southwest of Indianapolis, with Mooresville labeled alongside it.

Hendricks County, seat Danville, sits west of the city, stringing together Plainfield, Brownsburg, and Avon along the ring.

One county further out, Putnam County, seat Greencastle, carries Greencastle and Cloverdale along I-70.

The mid-state interior from Lafayette to Muncie and Richmond

Clinton County, seat Frankfort, sits centrally between Tippecanoe and Boone. Montgomery County, seat Crawfordsville, sits between Tippecanoe and Putnam, its seat built on Sugar Creek and home to Wabash College, and the map carries it along I-74's western reach. Howard County, seat Kokomo, shows Kokomo as a large label along US-31, automotive plants dotting the area around it. Tipton County, seat Tipton, is a compact square wedged between Hamilton and Howard.

Carroll County (seat Delphi) and Cass County (seat Logansport), covered earlier, edge the Wabash from just north of here.

Heading East, Delaware County, seat Muncie, has Muncie sitting right on the White River, with Yorktown and Daleville marked nearby. Randolph County, seat Winchester, sits east of Delaware on the Ohio line, a quiet farm county where Winchester and Union City line up along US-27. Henry County, seat New Castle, is east of Anderson, with Knightstown showing along US-40. Rush County, seat Rushville, sits south of Henry between Shelby and Fayette, a rural courthouse town on the Flatrock River. Wayne County, seat Richmond, is the central hub on the Ohio border, with Cambridge City and Hagerstown strung along the old National Road. Fayette County, seat Connersville, is tucked between Wayne and Franklin counties. Union County, seat Liberty, is one of Indiana's smallest, sitting on the Ohio line where Brookville Lake spills over into Franklin County. Franklin County, seat Brookville, is a hilly county in the Whitewater Valley. Decatur County, seat Greensburg, is the courthouse town along I-74 between Shelbyville and Batesville.

Further South, Bartholomew County, seat Columbus, sits along I-65 south of Indianapolis, Columbus known well enough for its modern architecture to earn a bold label of its own. Brown County, seat Nashville, is a forested, hilly county between Monroe and Bartholomew, its seat sitting near the center. Monroe County, seat Bloomington, is dominated by Bloomington's label, Indiana University anchoring the whole city.

Wabash Valley southward, the Ohio River arc, and the southeast hill country

West-central and Wabash Valley south of Terre Haute

South of Terre Haute, the West-Central and Wabash Valley counties keep the river close. Clay County, seat Brazil, sits just east of Vigo along US-40. Owen County, seat Spencer, is south of Putnam and Clay, its seat anchoring a rolling landscape. Greene County, seat Bloomfield, is shaped by the forks of the White River, with Linton visible near Sullivan. Sullivan County, seat Sullivan, sits on the Wabash near the Illinois line, with Carlisle and Sullivan both labeled. Knox County, seat Vincennes, holds one of the state's most important historical sites on the Wabash, prominent right against Illinois. Moving toward the Southwest, Gibson County, seat Princeton, sits north of Evansville, with Oakland City shown. Pike County, seat Petersburg, falls between Gibson and Daviess along the White River. Daviess County, seat Washington, has its seat right at the crossroads of SR-57 and SR-50. Dubois County, seat Jasper, sits centrally, with Huntingburg and Ferdinand easy to spot nearby.

The Evansville tri-state and lower Ohio River

Down in the Southwest corner, the Evansville tri-state area hugs the lower Ohio River. Vanderburgh County, seat Evansville, gets a bold label on a big bend of the Ohio, the county wrapped tight around its city. Posey County, seat Mount Vernon, sits at the very southwest tip of the state, right where the Wabash meets the Ohio. Warrick County, seat Boonville, is just east of Evansville, with Newburgh lining the river. Spencer County, seat Rockport, sits downstream from Evansville, with Santa Claus appearing further inland. Perry County, seat Tell City, is a rugged river county backed by the Hoosier National Forest.

Hoosier National Forest arc and the south-central hills

The South-Central hills follow the Hoosier National Forest arc. Orange County, seat Paoli, has French Lick and West Baden Springs labeled just northwest of the seat. Crawford County, seat English, sits south of Orange, hugging the Ohio River's bluff country. Harrison County, seat Corydon, was Indiana's very first state capital, and it sits just west of Louisville across the river. Floyd County, seat New Albany, fills the ridge above the Ohio with New Albany and Floyds Knobs. Clark County, seat Jeffersonville, fronts Louisville directly across the water, with Clarksville sitting at the Falls of the Ohio. Washington County, seat Salem, is northwest of Floyd and Clark, its seat central on the map. Scott County, seat Scottsburg, runs along I-65 between Seymour and Jeffersonville. Jackson County, seat Brownstown, has Seymour as its large rail town right on the I-65 corridor. Jennings County, seat Vernon, sits east of Bartholomew, with North Vernon central in the Muscatatuck valley.

Southeast to the Ohio River turns, and Indiana's smallest county

In the Southeast, where the Ohio River bends its way toward Cincinnati, sits Indiana's smallest county. Jefferson County, seat Madison, stretches Madison along a scenic riverfront east of Louisville's sphere. Switzerland County, seat Vevay, is a narrow Ohio River county whose seat looks straight across the water at Kentucky's hills. Ohio County, seat Rising Sun, is Indiana's smallest county by area, perched on the river between Vevay and Lawrenceburg. Dearborn County, seat Lawrenceburg, fills the far southeast corner, close to Cincinnati, Greendale, and Aurora. Ripley County, seat Versailles, sits inland from the river, with Batesville, Osgood, and Milan labeled. From here, Franklin County (seat Brookville) and Decatur County (seat Greensburg) loop the map back toward I-65 and the mid-state, and Bartholomew County (seat Columbus) closes the circuit.

South-central plateau to Bloomington and back to the Indy ring

Monroe County (seat Bloomington) and Brown County (seat Nashville), covered above, join Owen and Morgan to form Indiana's hill country sitting just above the Ohio River arc. Lawrence County, seat Bedford, is the limestone capital just south of Monroe. Martin County, seat Shoals, sits isolated in forest, wrapped by a scenic loop of the White River. Greene and Daviess counties bridge back toward the Wabash region from here, completing the interior circuit.

Rivers and Orientation Recap

Two rivers and one Great Lake carry almost all the orientation weight on this map. The Wabash River traces the Illinois border on the west side before bending across the interior past Lafayette, Logansport, and Terre Haute. The White River splits into two forks, one carrying Indianapolis's water, the other passing Columbus and Bedford, and the two rejoin before meeting the Wabash near Vincennes. The Ohio River forms the entire southern edge of the state, from Posey County in the west all the way to Dearborn County in the east, Kentucky sitting on the opposite bank the whole way. Lake Michigan anchors the northwest corner across Lake and Porter counties. Hold onto those four, the Wabash, the White, the Ohio, and the lake, and almost any county on this map is easy to place.

Why a county-first map still makes sense here

If you live here, county labels and seats are the fastest way to check jurisdiction, courts, property records, school districts, all of it. If you're traveling through, county clusters make trip planning simple: South Bend and Elkhart sit in St. Joseph and Elkhart counties, Fort Wayne is in Allen, Lafayette and West Lafayette share Tippecanoe, Indianapolis anchors Marion with a handy ring of neighbors, Madison and Corydon sit along the scenic Ohio, and Evansville marks the state's southwest curve. If you're studying the state's geography, the river sequence and seat names stick better in memory than a tangle of highway exits ever will, with a light set of interstates working as mental threads between them. ZIP codes and highway exits shift as development moves; county lines almost never do. That's the real reason this county-first layout still holds up as the clearest way to read Indiana.

Physical geography (quick orientation)

On this map, the Hoosier Uplands and Knobs in the South, the till plain across the Central counties, and the Indiana Dunes along Lake Michigan in the Northwest all work as quick landmarks for finding a county, alongside the Wabash, White, and Ohio rivers as your main navigation lines. For elevation, terrain, and land-cover detail, see our Physical Map of Indiana.

People, economy, and activity

Indianapolis and Marion County carry most of the state's economic weight, built on logistics, insurance, and life sciences, and helped along by the city's near-dead-center location and its ring of interstates, which together have made the metro one of the country's biggest inland shipping hubs. Up in the Northeast, Fort Wayne and Allen County hold a strong manufacturing and defense-electronics base, while Elkhart County, in the North, builds the majority of America's recreational vehicles. Out in the Northwest, Lake and Porter counties still run on steel production along the Lake Michigan shoreline, a legacy of the old Gary mills. Agriculture covers most of the rest of the map: Indiana ranks among the nation's top producers of corn, soybeans, and hogs, concentrated across the till-plain counties of the Central and Northern state. The ten largest cities by population, Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Evansville, Fishers, South Bend, Carmel, Bloomington, Hammond, Noblesville, and Lafayette, tell part of that story too, with Fishers, Carmel, and Noblesville all reflecting how fast Hamilton County has grown as an Indianapolis suburb.

Culture and heritage

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, in Marion County, hosts the Indy 500 every year, easily the state's biggest single cultural draw and a fixture since 1911. Bloomington, home to Indiana University in Monroe County, and West Lafayette, home to Purdue University in Tippecanoe County, host the state's two major public research campuses, and both shape their county's economy well beyond academics. Down in Orange County, French Lick and West Baden Springs built a resort-town identity around mineral springs that's lasted more than a century. Columbus, in Bartholomew County, is known nationally for its concentration of modern architecture by major 20th-century designers, an unusual cultural landmark for a city its size. And New Harmony, in Posey County along the Wabash, was once home to two 19th-century utopian communities, still one of the state's most distinctive historic small towns today.

Climate (quick note)

Indiana runs a humid continental climate from end to end, though it doesn't feel the same everywhere: winters turn colder and snowier up in the North near Lake Michigan, while the unglaciated hill country of the South gets off comparatively easy. For the full seasonal and biome breakdown, see our Physical Map of Indiana.

Getting around (map-aligned)

For north-south travel, I-65 and I-69 are the two spines to know, I-65 running from Gary through Indianapolis down to Louisville, and I-69 connecting Fort Wayne through Indianapolis and on to Evansville. East to west, I-70 crosses the state through Indianapolis and Richmond, the Indiana Toll Road handles the far North near the Michigan line, and I-64 covers the far South near the Ohio River. One thing worth flagging on the map itself: county lines and ZIP code boundaries don't always match up. A single ZIP code can straddle two counties, so lean on the shaded county blocks here for jurisdiction, taxes, and courts, not a ZIP lookup.