Clio Iowa Map

About Clio, Iowa

Clio is a locality in Wayne County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 67. The population density is 34.6 people per km². Clio is located at 40.6350°N, 93.4513°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Clio is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50052.

Clio emerges from the expansive, flat horizon as a modest collection of structures held together by the quiet, persistent presence of the Little Muddy Creek. It lies 50.3 miles south of Indianola, IA (from Indianola, IA: bearing 174°T), and is situated 32.1 miles south-southeast of Osceola. The surrounding landscape is dominated by heavy, dark soil that yields to the meticulous geometry of corn and soybean rows, stretching toward the distance like a vast, green-gold grid. When the sun hangs low, the light flattens against the stalks, turning the stubble of the fields into a muted copper that seems to hold the heat of the day long after the shadows lengthen. Two miles away, the Medicine Creek Wildlife Area offers a sanctuary of tall grasses and native brush, providing a wilder, unmanicured counterpoint to the disciplined order of the nearby tilled acreage.

Clio maintains a character shaped by the steady, cyclical demands of agrarian commerce and a legacy of settlement that lingers in the plain, sturdy architecture of its older foundations. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest, a cycle that dictates the pace of life and the movement of heavy machinery along the rural roads. Residents often find their way toward the Medicine Creek Wildlife Area for quiet observation, or perhaps travel nine miles to the Lions Community Park Lake when the intensity of the summer humidity demands a cooling reprieve. There is a perceptible patience in the way Clio persists, an unshowy civility found in the slow, deliberate work of maintaining a life where the horizon is always the most prominent feature of the day.

About This Clio Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Clio, Iowa. Coordinates: 40.635008, -93.451328. 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 Clio includes the ZIP code (50052), telephone area code (515), county seat of Wayne County (Corydon), and school district assignment (Wayne 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.