Colesburg Iowa Map

About Colesburg, Iowa

Colesburg is a locality in Delaware County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 386. The population density is 506.9 people per km². Colesburg is located at 42.6394°N, 91.2021°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Colesburg is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 52035.

Colesburg emerges from the expansive, undulating prairie like a steady pulse in the quiet geometry of the Midwestern plains. It lies 29.0 miles west-northwest of Dubuque, IA (from Dubuque, IA: bearing 290°T), and is situated 16.8 miles northeast of Manchester. The landscape surrounding Colesburg is defined by the patient labor of agriculture, where vast fields of corn and soybeans stretch toward the horizon, punctuated only by the occasional windbreak of hardwoods. Just a mile away, the cool, shaded waters of Bloody Run carve a limestone-lined path through the earth, while the nearby Ram Hollow Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of tangled brush and native grasses that mirror the untamed character of the original tallgrass prairie. As the sun dips low, the light catches the limestone outcrops, casting long, bruised shadows across the fields and turning the deep, fertile soil into a dark, velvet expanse that feels both ancient and enduring.

Colesburg carries the quiet weight of its origins, rooted in the industrious spirit of nineteenth-century settlers who recognized the potential in this temperate, inland geography. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of the harvest and the stewardship of the land, a discipline that has fostered a culture of self-reliance and unshowy, literate civility. Life here moves in accordance with the seasons, far removed from the clamor of coastal centers, finding its focus in the preservation of heritage and the slow, deliberate work of the community. Beyond the immediate fields, the distant silhouette of Hefel Ridge provides a constant, hazy anchor for the imagination, while the rare, tranquil stillness of the region is broken only by the seasonal migration of birds heading toward the distant waters of Wood Duck Slough.

About This Colesburg Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Colesburg, Iowa. Coordinates: 42.639436, -91.202078. 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 Colesburg includes the ZIP code (52035), telephone area code (712), county seat of Delaware County (Manchester), and school district assignment (Edgewood-Colesburg 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.