Alden Iowa Map

About Alden, Iowa

Alden is a locality in Hardin County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 763. The population density is 191.2 people per km². Alden is located at 42.5116°N, 93.3803°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Alden is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50006.

Alden rises from the fertile expanse of the Midwestern plains, where the Iowa River carves a deliberate, limestone-lined path through the landscape. It lies 35.8 miles north-northeast of Ames, IA (from Ames, IA: bearing 20°T), and is situated 6.4 miles west of Iowa Falls. The horizon is defined by an immense, open sky that shifts from bruised violet to a pale, clinical gold as the sun retreats behind the distant, shadowed silhouette of Mormon Ridge. At the Alden River Access, the water moves with a heavy, deliberate grace, pulling silt and memory past banks thick with willow and cottonwood. The air here holds a distinct, earthy sharpness, a scent of damp loam and cooling stone that lingers long after the day’s heat has dissipated from the tilled fields.

Alden reflects the quiet, methodical industry of a place built upon the deep, dark soil of the prairie, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of trade and labor. Grain elevators stand as slender, utilitarian monuments to a regional economy rooted in the soybean and corn harvest, their silhouettes marking the intersection of history and modern agriculture. While Gehrkes Lake waits eight miles away in the silence of the countryside, the life of the inhabitants remains tethered to the river's slow persistence and the unshowy, literate civility of the surrounding plains. The streets maintain a deliberate stillness, reflecting a heritage of migration and resilience that persists in the sturdy brick facades and the steady, unassuming focus of those who call Alden home.

About This Alden Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Alden, Iowa. Coordinates: 42.511576, -93.380309. 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 Alden includes the ZIP code (50006), telephone area code (515), county seat of Hardin County (Eldora), and school district assignment (Alden 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.