Explore College Springs, 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 College Springs, 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 College Springs.
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 | College Springs |
| State | Iowa (IA) |
| County | Page County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 40.61916 |
| Longitude | -95.120812 |
| Population | 172 |
| Density | 59.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 51637 |
| Area Code | 641 |
| County Seat | Clarinda |
| School District | South Page Community School District |
College Springs emerges from the expansive, sun-drenched plains of southwestern Iowa, defined by the quiet labor of the earth and the vast, unencumbered reach of the sky. It lies 22.9 miles northwest of Maryville, MO (from Maryville, MO: bearing 325°T), and is situated 9.5 miles south-southwest of Clarinda. The landscape around College Springs is characterized by a deliberate, rhythmic topography, where fertile fields of corn and soybeans stretch toward the horizon in muted shades of ochre and viridian. Middle Mill Creek traces a modest, winding path through the soil just a mile away, its presence marked by a thin corridor of deciduous trees that break the uniformity of the tilled land. On days when the air is particularly clear, the distant Pinhook Hills provide a soft, blue-gray silhouette against the western sky, anchoring the view while the nearby Grove Cemetery offers a place of stillness and quiet reflection amidst the swaying grasses.
Economic life in College Springs remains tethered to the patient cycles of agriculture, a heritage that has shaped the character of the residents and the pace of their daily routines. The memory of early settlement lingers in the architectural simplicity of the structures that dot the landscape, reflecting a pragmatic, industrious spirit that has persisted through generations. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain invites a sense of solitude, whether one is observing the light catch the surface of Pruitt Lake a few miles distant or navigating the slight, natural depressions like Toad Hollow that punctuate the wider regional basin. Life here favors a steady, inward-looking focus, where the seasonal turning of the crops dictates the tempo of the calendar and the quiet dignity of the work remains the primary measure of progress.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of College Springs, Iowa. Coordinates: 40.61916, -95.120812. 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 College Springs includes the ZIP code (51637), telephone area code (641), county seat of Page County (Clarinda), and school district assignment (South Page 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. |