Aurelia Iowa Map

About Aurelia, Iowa

Aurelia is a locality in Cherokee County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 968. The population density is 368.6 people per km². Aurelia is located at 42.7128°N, 95.4367°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Aurelia is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51005.

Aurelia occupies a vast, sun-bleached expanse where the horizon draws a taut line across the sky, separating the heavy earth from the infinite blue. It lies 12.5 miles west-northwest of Storm Lake, IA (from Storm Lake, IA: bearing 293°T), and is situated 6.4 miles east-southeast of Cherokee. The landscape unfurls in disciplined rows of corn and soybeans, a relentless geometry of agriculture that defines the spirit of the plains. A mile to the east, the quiet, silty waters of Maple Creek trace a slow path through the tallgrass, while the nearby Nester Stiles Prairie State Preserve preserves a fragment of the wild, unplowed world that once claimed the entire state. To the west, the subtle rise of the land hints at the distant Loess Hills, and six miles away, the singular, weathered mass of Pilot Rock stands as a solitary sentinel over the fields. When the light of late afternoon tilts low, it casts long, amber shadows that turn the dirt roads into ribbons of copper, illuminating the quiet industry of a place that measures time in seasons rather than seconds.

Aurelia emerged from the nineteenth-century expansion as a vital point of commerce for the surrounding grain-rich plains, its streets laid out with a pragmatic Scandinavian and German efficiency that persists in the character of its people. The local economy remains anchored to the soil, a cycle of planting and harvest that dictates the pace of everyday life and fosters a culture of unshowy, literate civility. Beyond the immediate grid of the streets, the stillness of Larson Lake offers a brief respite from the machinery of the farms, providing a glassy mirror for the clouds that drift over the prairie. There is a weight to the history here, felt in the solid, unadorned architecture and the steady, rhythmic hum of grain elevators that punctuate the skyline. Aurelia remains a place where the work is demanding but the air is clear, defined by a stoic endurance that respects the land and the quiet, persistent labor required to thrive upon it.

About This Aurelia Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Aurelia, Iowa. Coordinates: 42.71276, -95.43667. 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 Aurelia includes the ZIP code (51005), telephone area code (563), county seat of Cherokee County (Cherokee), and school district assignment (Alta-Aurelia 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.