Arcadia Iowa Map

About Arcadia, Iowa

Arcadia is a locality in Carroll County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 525. The population density is 205.0 people per km². Arcadia is located at 42.0872°N, 95.0461°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Arcadia is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51430.

Arcadia occupies a quiet expanse of the Iowa plains, where the horizon stretches wide enough to swallow the sun in a single, lingering swallow of amber light. It lies 9.3 miles west of Carroll, IA (from Carroll, IA: bearing 279°T), and is situated 16.6 miles east-northeast of Denison. The landscape around Arcadia is defined by the steady, industrious rhythm of agriculture, characterized by vast, symmetrical fields that ripple like a green and gold ocean under the passing clouds. To the west, the land rises into the subtle, structural folds of the Loess Hills, while the immediate geography is marked by the modest, winding course of Brushy Creek, which cuts through the soil two miles away. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the terrain offers a serene stillness, punctuated only by the occasional silhouette of a farmstead or the distant, hazy rise of Mount Moses on the far edge of the traveler’s view.

History in Arcadia is written in the geometry of its grid and the enduring heritage of those who first broke the prairie sod to plant rows of corn and soybean. The local economy remains tethered to this fertile earth, reflecting a steadfast commitment to the land that has sustained generations through cycles of harvest and dormancy. Residents often seek respite at the Hazelbrush Wildlife Area, a four-mile journey that offers a quiet immersion in native grasses and timber, or they follow the Sauk Rail Trail, which traces a path of former commerce six miles from the center. Life here moves with an unpretentious clarity, a place where the seasons dictate the pace of the day and the social fabric is reinforced by the simple, shared labor of maintaining a life in the heart of the Midwest.

About This Arcadia Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Arcadia, Iowa. Coordinates: 42.087207, -95.046102. 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 Arcadia includes the ZIP code (51430), telephone area code (563), county seat of Carroll County (Carroll), and school district assignment (Ar-We-Va 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.