Aplington Iowa Map

About Aplington, Iowa

Aplington is a locality in Butler County, Iowa, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,116. The population density is 586.2 people per km². Aplington is located at 42.5841°N, 92.8844°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Aplington is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50604.

Aplington emerges from the flat, geometric expanse of the Iowa prairie where the horizon serves as a clean, unwavering line against the expansive sky. It lies 22.7 miles west of Cedar Falls, IA (from Cedar Falls, IA: bearing 280°T), and is situated 19.2 miles east-northeast of Iowa Falls. Beaver Creek carves a quiet, meandering path through the earth nearby, its dark waters reflecting the seasonal shifts of the canopy that lines its banks. The land here is defined by an immense, rhythmic openness, where the soil is dark and heavy, yielding to the seasonal turning of corn and soybeans that press right up to the edges of the paved streets. On clear autumn evenings, when the light turns a bruised, metallic gold, the distant silhouette of Mormon Ridge feels like a phantom memory of elevation, though it remains far beyond the reach of the local plains. Only five miles away, the quiet woodlands of Beaver Meadows County Park offer a respite of shade, while the broader, open country remains dominated by the vast, tilled grids that define the visual weight of the state.

Aplington holds a history bound tightly to the expansion of the rail lines and the steady, unshowy labor of agricultural commerce that continues to dictate the pace of life. The local economy persists in a state of modest industry, anchored by the grain elevators that rise above the skyline like cathedrals of iron and concrete, marking the town’s primary purpose. Residents here maintain a pragmatic, literate civility, a heritage passed down through generations of settlers who turned this stubborn sod into a productive landscape. Life moves with an internal, deliberate gravity, punctuated by the occasional excursion to Lake Considine for a moment of stillness away from the machinery of the fields. There is a profound honesty in the way the town functions, an adherence to a cycle of planting and harvest that has remained the bedrock of the local experience since the first tracks were laid across the prairie.

About This Aplington Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Aplington, Iowa. Coordinates: 42.584145, -92.884364. 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 Aplington includes the ZIP code (50604), telephone area code (319), county seat of Butler County (Allison), and school district assignment (Aplington-Parkersburg 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.