Auburn Iowa Map

About Auburn, Iowa

Auburn is a locality in Sac County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 265. The population density is 205.9 people per km². Auburn is located at 42.2514°N, 94.8778°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Auburn is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51433.

Auburn occupies a quiet expanse of the Iowa plains, where the horizon stretches flat and wide, interrupted only by the rhythmic geometry of corn and soybean rows. It lies 12.8 miles north of Carroll, IA (from Carroll, IA: bearing 358°T), and is situated 15.9 miles southwest of Rockwell City. The earth here is dark and heavy, a deep loam that seems to hold the light of a long sunset, casting a golden, bruised hue over the fields as evening approaches. A mile to the west, the North Raccoon River carves a narrow, meandering path through the terrain, its banks lined with dense thickets of cottonwood and willow that provide a sharp, verdant contrast to the surrounding agricultural grid. The air possesses a clean, sharp clarity, especially after a storm, when the scent of damp soil rises to meet the cool, thin breeze that travels across the open expanse from the distant rise of Gun Shot Hill.

Auburn holds the quiet, industrious character of a settlement built upon the cycles of the harvest, where the pace of life remains tethered to the seasonal demands of the land. The economy is rooted in the productivity of these acres, with grain elevators serving as the vertical monuments of the local skyline, marking the persistent labor of generations who settled this region to work the soil. While the rhythm of the day is dictated by the machinery of the fields, residents often look toward Grant Park for a moment of respite, or venture out toward the regional attractions like Black Hawk Lake to find a change in the quiet stillness of the landscape. Life in Auburn is defined by a modest, unshowy stability, a place where the work is tangible and the history is written in the steady, recurring growth of the crops that define the surrounding view.

About This Auburn Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Auburn, Iowa. Coordinates: 42.251372, -94.877764. 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 Auburn includes the ZIP code (51433), telephone area code (563), county seat of Sac County (Sac City), and school district assignment (East Sac County 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.