Franklin County, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Franklin County, Indiana, shaded from 530 ft on the southeast side to 1,070 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,070 ft 325 m940 ft 285 m870 ft 265 m730 ft 225 m600 ft 180 m530 ft 160 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Franklin County averages about 920 ft (280 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 530 ft on the southeast side to 1,070 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
920 ft 280 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,070 ft 325 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
530 ft 160 m
on the southeast side

Franklin County spans about 540 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land920 ft280 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,070 ft325 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
530 ft160 m

Elevation profile, south to north

15 mi south to north through Brookville Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Franklin County, Indiana, shaded from 530 ft on the southeast side to 1,070 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Indiana, United States
Population
23,136 2024 est.
Land area
384.4 sq mi + 6.6 sq mi water
Density
60 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Union County990 ft
  2. Rush County980 ft
  3. Fayette County970 ft
  4. Ripley County940 ft
  5. Franklin County920 ft
  6. Decatur County900 ft
  7. Dearborn County800 ft
  8. Butler County, OH780 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • English Hill1,040 ft
  • Snow Hill1,030 ft
  • Elkhorn Hill1,020 ft
  • Battle Point1,010 ft
  • Cobbs Hill1,010 ft
All 28 towns in Franklin County by typical elevation
  1. Andersonville1,050 ft
  2. Bath Township1,020 ft
  3. Mount Carmel1,020 ft
  4. Posey Township, Franklin County1,010 ft
  5. Lake Santee partly1,010 ft
  6. Lake View1,000 ft
  7. Blooming Grove1,000 ft
  8. Springfield Township, Franklin County990 ft
  9. Highland Township, Franklin County970 ft
  10. Batesville partly970 ft
  11. Blooming Grove Township970 ft
  12. Hamburg970 ft
  13. Ray Township960 ft
  14. Butler Township, Franklin County960 ft
  15. Peppertown960 ft
  16. Lakeshore Resort950 ft
  17. Fairfield Township, Franklin County940 ft
  18. Salt Creek Township, Franklin County940 ft
  19. Oldenburg930 ft
  20. Whitewater Township900 ft
  21. Metamora Township880 ft
  22. Laurel Township860 ft
  23. Laurel730 ft
  24. Brookville Township730 ft
  25. Metamora680 ft
  26. Brookville660 ft
  27. Cedar Grove600 ft
  28. New Trenton590 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.