Explore Bouton, Iowa, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bouton, Iowa. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Iowa or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Bouton.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Bouton |
| State | Iowa (IA) |
| County | Dallas County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 41.851374 |
| Longitude | -94.009121 |
| Population | 127 |
| Density | 458.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 50039 |
| Area Code | 515 |
| County Seat | Adel |
| School District | Perry Community School District |
Bouton anchors itself to the vast, fertile expanse of the Iowa prairie, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under an enormous, shifting sky. It lies 15.8 miles south-southwest of Boone, IA (from Boone, IA: bearing 205°T), and is situated 5.1 miles east of Perry. The landscape around Bouton is defined by the steady work of agriculture, marked by the deep, dark soil that supports endless rows of corn and soybeans. Only a mile away, Beaver Creek carves a quiet, unassuming path through the fields, its banks shaded by native trees that offer a refuge from the sun. While the distant silhouette of Buffalo Ridge remains a faint suggestion on the western edge of the world, the immediate terrain is defined by the subtle, rhythmic rise and fall of tilled land that catches the golden, heavy light of late afternoon.
Bouton carries the quiet legacy of the Midwestern rail expansion, a history still visible in the way the local grid aligns with the ghost of former tracks. The economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding acreage, a life shaped by the seasonal cycles of planting and harvest that dictate the pace of the day. Neighbors often find their way to Wiese Park for a moment of stillness, or perhaps venture toward the Perry to Rippey Trail to traverse the countryside on foot or bicycle. Though the bustling expanse of Saylorville Lake lies only eight miles away, the character of Bouton is found in the unshowy, literate civility of its residents, who prefer the steady, predictable hum of rural life over the clamor of the modern world.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bouton, Iowa. Coordinates: 41.851374, -94.009121. 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 Bouton includes the ZIP code (50039), telephone area code (515), county seat of Dallas County (Adel), and school district assignment (Perry Community School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |