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Alexander Iowa Map

Explore Alexander, Iowa, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Alexander, Iowa

How to Use This Alexander, Iowa Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Alexander, Iowa. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Iowa or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Alexander.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Alexander
State	Iowa (IA)
County	Franklin County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	42.805804
Longitude	-93.476594
Population	164
Density	14.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50420
Area Code	515
County Seat	Hampton
School District	CAL Community School District

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About Alexander, Iowa

Alexander is a locality in Franklin County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 164. The population density is 14.8 people per km². Alexander is located at 42.8058°N, 93.4766°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Alexander is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50420.

Alexander commands a horizon defined by the vast, rhythmic expansion of tilled earth, where the sky presses down upon the flat, fertile plains with a weight that makes the clouds seem like slow-moving monuments. It lies 27.8 miles south-southwest of Mason City, IA (from Mason City, IA: bearing 210°T), and is situated 7.5 miles east-southeast of Belmond. The land around Alexander holds the quiet gravity of the prairie, punctuated only by the occasional verdant shelterbelt or the low, winding depression of Ditch Number 146 as it drains the heavy, dark soil toward the unseen distance. Sunlight here possesses a peculiar clarity, stripping the shadows from the cornrows until the world feels sharpened, etched in high relief against the retreating gray of a Midwestern dusk. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain maintains a stoic, unadorned composure, offering the traveler little in the way of artifice, save for the wilder, uncultivated pockets of the Buffalo Basins Wildlife Management Area that provide a sanctuary for the native grasses to reclaim their ancient territory.

Alexander persists as a quiet testament to the agrarian rigor of the region, its pulse synchronized with the seasonal turning of the planter and the combine. The local economy remains tethered to the deep, silty loam that has sustained families through generations of careful cultivation, creating a life characterized by a sturdy, literate civility and a preference for the tangible over the abstract. While the echoes of early settlers linger in the sturdy architecture of the grain elevators that stand like sentinels above the town, modern life here moves with a deliberate, measured pace, far removed from the frantic noise of larger centers. Those seeking the quietude of the landscape might find their way toward the Franklin Grove Heritage Trail or the still, reflective surface of Eldred Sherwood Park Lake, where the water mirrors the shifting moods of the sky, serving as a reminder that even in a land of industry and harvest, there remains a space for the stillness of the natural world to exert its influence.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Buffalo Basins Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.0 mi, 360° N
Interstate Lake Park (Local Park) — 5.9 mi, 151° SE
Railroad ROW (State Recreation Area) — 6.2 mi, 339° N
Coulter Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.4 mi, 163° S
Horse Grove-Rietz Forest Area (Local Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 222° SW
Snarl Street Wetlands (Local Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 233° SW
Belmond Historical Museum (Museum) — 7.5 mi, 292° W
Lower Morse Lake Waterfowl Production Area (State Resource Management Area) — 7.7 mi, 283° W
Wright County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 7.7 mi, 283° W
Wright County Waterfowl Production Area Of Ia (Resource Management Area) — 7.7 mi, 283° W
Jenison-Meacham Memorial Art Center and Museum (Museum) — 8.2 mi, 309° NW
Quasdorf Wagon, Machine and Blacksmith Shop Museum (Museum) — 10.2 mi, 187° S
Dows Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock (Monument) — 10.4 mi, 186° S
Beed's Lake State Park (State Park) — 11.3 mi, 102° E
Franklin County Historical Museum (Museum) — 13.8 mi, 109° E
4-h Schoolhouse Museum (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 249° W
Clear Lake State Park (State Park) — 21.3 mi, 010° N
Iowa Falls Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 22.3 mi, 152° SE
National Register of Historic Places (Monument) — 23.5 mi, 011° N
Eide Memorial Fountain (Public Artwork) — 24.9 mi, 229° SW
Mason City Communit Theatre (Theatre) — 27.6 mi, 030° NE
Rancho Deluxe (Attraction) — 28.0 mi, 031° NE
Winnebago Trail (Nature Reserve) — 29.1 mi, 029° NE
Brewery (Historic Ruins) — 29.9 mi, 029° NE
Odvin Hagen Music Center (Arts Centre) — 32.7 mi, 345° N
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.3 mi, 295° NW · 12k acres
Grand Theatre (Cinema) — 36.3 mi, 148° SE
Hawkeye Community Theater (Theatre) — 41.3 mi, 241° SW
Boneyard Hollow (Attraction) — 41.6 mi, 228° SW
Copperas Beds (Attraction) — 42.5 mi, 227° SW

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