Brandon Iowa Map

About Brandon, Iowa

Brandon is a locality in Buchanan County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 341. The population density is 406.4 people per km². Brandon is located at 42.3144°N, 92.0021°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Brandon is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 52210.

Brandon sits upon the wide, quiet expanse of the Iowa plains where the horizon stretches flat and uncompromising against a vast, pale sky. It lies 21.3 miles southeast of Waterloo, IA (from Waterloo, IA: bearing 125°T), and is situated 9.7 miles east of La Porte City. Lime Creek carves a singular, winding path through the soil, offering a persistent ribbon of moisture that sustains the dense woodland fringes bordering the tilled earth. The light here arrives heavy and golden in the late afternoon, catching the texture of the corn stalks and the dark, upturned furrows of the fields that define the visual rhythm of the region. On the clearest days, the faint, jagged silhouette of The Hogback rises like a distant memory on the far edge of the traveler’s vision, a reminder of the geologic scale that dwarfs the immediate, intimate geometry of the local landscape.

Brandon maintains a deliberate, measured economy centered on the steady labor of agriculture, where the seasonal cycles of planting and harvest dictate the pace of every passing month. The nearby Lime Creek Area provides a sanctuary of wilder growth, offering a contrast to the highly organized, industrial scale of the surrounding soybean and corn production. Families here carry the quiet, practical heritage of generations who settled this interior expanse, finding a modest dignity in the maintenance of their homesteads and the preservation of a rural, literate civility. Life moves in quiet alignment with the land, far from the frantic pace of larger centers, sustained by the simple, enduring utility of the earth and the cool, still waters found at sites like Ice House Lake.

About This Brandon Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Brandon, Iowa. Coordinates: 42.314436, -92.002123. 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 Brandon includes the ZIP code (52210), telephone area code (712), county seat of Buchanan County (Independence), and school district assignment (Independence 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.