Beaman Iowa Map

About Beaman, Iowa

Beaman is a locality in Grundy County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 161. The population density is 332.4 people per km². Beaman is located at 42.2197°N, 92.8235°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Beaman is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50609.

Beaman emerges from the flat, geometric expanse of the Iowa prairie, defined by the slow, deliberate meander of Wolf Creek as it carves a shallow path through the black, fertile earth. It lies 12.5 miles north-northeast of Marshalltown, IA (from Marshalltown, IA: bearing 20°T), and is situated 10.2 miles south-southwest of Grundy Center. The horizon here is vast and unencumbered, interrupted only by the distant, hazy suggestion of Mormon Ridge and the rhythmic silhouettes of grain elevators that mark the sky like sentinels. Light in this region possesses a peculiar, heavy clarity, casting long shadows across the fields of corn and soybeans that press against the town’s edge, while the nearby Comet Trail offers a narrow, quiet corridor for those who wish to walk through the tall grasses. Seven miles to the east, the waters of Union Grove Lake sit still and gray under the expansive sky, providing the only significant break in the relentless, productive monotony of the tilled landscape.

Beaman holds a quiet history rooted in the hard, repetitive work of the agricultural economy, where the seasons dictate the pulse of daily life and the movement of heavy machinery. The people here share a legacy of endurance, their lives organized around the planting and the harvest, a discipline that lends a certain gravity to the social fabric of the locality. While the Comet Trail serves as a link to the surrounding countryside, the local identity remains anchored in the stubborn productivity of the soil and the unshowy, literate civility of the plains. Beaman remains a place where the work of the day is measured by the progress of the sun across the wide, uninterrupted sky, and the silence of the evening is broken only by the wind moving through the stalks of the surrounding fields.

About This Beaman Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Beaman, Iowa. Coordinates: 42.219708, -92.823534. 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 Beaman includes the ZIP code (50609), telephone area code (319), county seat of Grundy County (Grundy Center), and school district assignment (BCLUW 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.