Bagley Iowa Map

About Bagley, Iowa

Bagley is a locality in Guthrie County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 233. The population density is 287.4 people per km². Bagley is located at 41.8461°N, 94.4300°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bagley is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50026.

Bagley exists as a quiet intersection of grid and furrow, defined by the vast, tilled expanse of the Iowa prairie that stretches toward the horizon in shades of heavy loam and seasonal gold. It lies 27.1 miles southeast of Carroll, IA (from Carroll, IA: bearing 124°T), and is situated 16.6 miles west of Perry. The landscape surrounding Bagley is defined by a slow, rhythmic elevation, where the earth rises and falls in long, deliberate swells that catch the low-slung light of late afternoon. A mile away, the quiet currents of Mosquito Creek carve a narrow, shadowed path through the soil, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Buffalo Ridge provides a faint, serrated edge to the far western sky. The air here holds a crisp, earthen clarity, smelling of damp stalks and dry grass, grounding the small clusters of homes firmly into the center of an immense, open sky.

Agriculture remains the primary pulse of Bagley, a legacy of the settlers who broke the deep sod to cultivate the rich, dark earth that still dictates the local economy. Beyond the fields, the Raccoon River Valley Trail offers a four-mile corridor for those seeking to traverse the terrain, tracing the path of former rail lines that once carried the region’s harvest to broader markets. Life in Bagley moves with a deliberate, unadorned pace, marked by the steady hum of machinery during the planting and harvest seasons and the quiet persistence of a community shaped by its isolation from the urban sprawl. Whether looking toward the water of Lake Panorama six miles to the south or watching the shadows lengthen across the soybean rows, the character of the place remains fixed in a tradition of quiet, industrious civility.

About This Bagley Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bagley, Iowa. Coordinates: 41.846096, -94.429969. 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 Bagley includes the ZIP code (50026), telephone area code (515), county seat of Guthrie County (Guthrie Center), and school district assignment (Panorama 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.