Alburnett Iowa Map

About Alburnett, Iowa

Alburnett is a locality in Linn County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 675. The population density is 344.7 people per km². Alburnett is located at 42.1483°N, 91.6185°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Alburnett is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 52202.

Alburnett anchors itself to the flat, expansive horizon of a landscape defined by the rhythmic turning of soil and the quiet persistence of Dry Creek. It lies 8.0 miles north of Marion, IA (from Marion, IA: bearing 352°T), and is situated 9.8 miles north of Cedar Rapids. This waterway cuts a shallow, unassuming path through the dark loam, its banks lined with the skeletal silhouettes of oaks and cottonwoods that shiver under the weight of an oncoming winter sky. To the west, the distant, hazy suggestion of The Hogback rises against the sunset like a bruised spine, a reminder of the rugged terrain that gives way to these endless, fertile plains. The air here holds the scent of damp earth and coming frost, a stillness that settles over the fields long before the first stars define the deepening gray of the evening.

Alburnett persists as a quiet monument to the agrarian labor that shaped this reach of the prairie, where the economy remains bound to the cycles of corn and soybean harvests. Generations have worked this land, their presence marked by the red-roofed barns and the steady hum of machinery that defines the local cadence. Recreation centers on the Alburnett Diamond Club, where the dirt of the infield mirrors the character of the surrounding fields, providing a social gravity for those who call these plains home. While the nearest water of any scale, Williams Lake, waits eight miles away, the people of Alburnett find their own measure of fulfillment in the unadorned, literate civility of a place where the seasons dictate the pace of life and the land demands a patient, honest hand.

About This Alburnett Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Alburnett, Iowa. Coordinates: 42.148328, -91.618506. 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 Alburnett includes the ZIP code (52202), telephone area code (712), county seat of Linn County (Cedar Rapids), and school district assignment (Alburnett 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.