Cleghorn Iowa Map

About Cleghorn, Iowa

Cleghorn is a locality in Cherokee County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 240. The population density is 406.4 people per km². Cleghorn is located at 42.8122°N, 95.7128°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cleghorn is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51014.

Cleghorn defines the horizon through a vast, rhythmic expanse of tilled earth that stretches toward the edges of the sky. It lies 23.0 miles east of Le Mars, IA (from Le Mars, IA: bearing 87°T), and is situated 9.3 miles west-northwest of Cherokee. Willow Creek carves a shallow, deliberate path through the landscape, its banks providing a subtle interruption to the endless rows of corn and soybeans that dominate the terrain. Sunlight here possesses a peculiar weight, turning the dust of the fields into a fine gold at dusk and casting long, thin shadows across the gravel roads. To the west, the distant profile of the Loess Hills rises like a muted swell, while the quiet waters of Leos Pond provide a reflective stillness only three miles from the center of the grid.

Cleghorn maintains a character shaped by the steady, industrious legacy of early settlers who recognized the fertility of this inland plain. The local economy remains tethered to the cycles of the soil, with grain elevators standing as the primary sentinels of the economy. Life moves in accordance with the seasonal harvest, leaving little room for artifice in a place where the work is as visible as the weather. Travelers seeking a momentary pause often look toward the quiet expanse of Meriden Roadside Park, which serves as a modest gateway to the surrounding prairie. Even the distant, jagged silhouette of Pilot Rock, twelve miles away, serves only to remind those who live here that the true measure of the region is found in the flat, productive patience of the land itself.

About This Cleghorn Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cleghorn, Iowa. Coordinates: 42.812207, -95.712789. 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 Cleghorn includes the ZIP code (51014), telephone area code (563), county seat of Cherokee County (Cherokee), and school district assignment (Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn 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.