Alleman Iowa Map

About Alleman, Iowa

Alleman is a locality in Polk County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 423. The population density is 66.3 people per km². Alleman is located at 41.8200°N, 93.6116°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Alleman is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50007.

Alleman occupies a quiet expanse of the central Iowa plains where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered by anything but the seasonal march of crops. It lies 6.2 miles north of Ankeny, IA (from Ankeny, IA: bearing 357°T), and is situated 6.2 miles east-northeast of Polk City. Fourmile Creek traces a narrow, winding path through the local topography, its presence marked by a slight depression in the earth and the deepening of green along its banks. The terrain remains largely flat, a vast checkerboard of soybean and corn fields that catch the golden, heavy light of late afternoon, turning the soil into a rich, dark velvet. While the distant silhouette of Blank Ridge might occasionally sharpen against a clear winter sky, the immediate landscape is defined by the steady, unshowy labor of the earth and the silence that gathers between the rows when the wind dies down at dusk.

History in Alleman persists not in grand monuments, but in the enduring patterns of agricultural life and the quiet dignity of places like Lincoln Cemetery, which sits as a somber, well-tended anchor on the periphery of the fields. The economy remains rooted in the productivity of the soil, a legacy carried forward by generations who have navigated the cycles of planting and harvest with a pragmatic, literate civility. Life moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, far removed from the more hurried tempo of the state’s urban centers, yet connected to a broader tradition of rural resilience. Even the distant, tranquil surface of Faith Pond, miles away, seems to mirror the stillness that settles over the local houses once the machinery of the day has been put to rest.

About This Alleman Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Alleman, Iowa. Coordinates: 41.819988, -93.611607. 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 Alleman includes the ZIP code (50007), telephone area code (515), county seat of Polk County (Des Moines), and school district assignment (North Polk 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.