Albion Iowa Map

About Albion, Iowa

Albion is a locality in Marshall County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 448. The population density is 286.9 people per km². Albion is located at 42.1125°N, 92.9885°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Albion is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50005.

Albion occupies a quiet stretch of the Iowa landscape where the earth yields to the steady, rhythmic persistence of Chicken Creek. It lies 6.0 miles northwest of Marshalltown, IA (from Marshalltown, IA: bearing 317°T), and is situated 18.1 miles south-southeast of Eldora. The horizon remains broad and open, defined by the expansive, tilled fields that stretch toward the distant silhouette of Mormon Ridge. To the west, the land rises in subtle, sweeping swells, while the nearby Timmons Grove North Wildlife Area offers a sanctuary of timber and brush that softens the rigid geometry of the surrounding corn and soybean rows. At dusk, the light catches the moisture in the air, turning the gray expanse of the plains into a muted, silvered canvas that seems to hold the day’s heat long after the sun has dipped below the prairie edge.

Albion traces its origins to the industrious pulse of the nineteenth-century agricultural expansion, a heritage still evident in the sturdy, unadorned architecture of its older structures. Life here remains tethered to the seasonal cycles of the harvest, an economy built upon the deep, dark soil that has long sustained the families who settled this interior expanse. While the pace of the modern world feels distant, the proximity of Mormon Lake provides a local focus for the quiet recreation of the seasons. Residents maintain a reserved, literate civility, often traversing the miles toward the Linn Creek Greenbelt to appreciate the wider regional topography. Albion functions as a steady point of gravity, grounded by the steady flow of its local creek and the enduring, quiet labor of the fields.

About This Albion Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Albion, Iowa. Coordinates: 42.112487, -92.988534. 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 Albion includes the ZIP code (50005), telephone area code (515), county seat of Marshall County (Marshalltown), and school district assignment (Marshalltown Community School District).

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.