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Correctionville Iowa Map

Explore Correctionville, 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.

Interactive Map of Correctionville, Iowa

How to Use This Correctionville, Iowa Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Correctionville, 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 Correctionville.

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.

CityCorrectionville
StateIowa (IA)
CountyWoodbury County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude42.474989
Longitude-95.785565
Population766
Density492.1 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code51016
Area Code563
County SeatSioux City
School DistrictRiver Valley Community School District

About Correctionville, Iowa

Correctionville is a locality in Woodbury County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 766. The population density is 492.1 people per km². Correctionville is located at 42.4750°N, 95.7856°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Correctionville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51016.

Correctionville emerges from the wide, flat expanse of the Iowa plains, defined by the steady, quiet presence of Bacon Creek as it carves a path through the dark, fertile soil. It lies 29.3 miles southeast of Le Mars, IA (from Le Mars, IA: bearing 139°T), and is situated 31.4 miles east of Sioux City. The landscape stretches out in an endless geometry of tilled fields, where the horizon remains unobstructed save for the occasional silhouette of a grain elevator or the distant, softening rise of Battle Hill. Within the immediate perimeter, Little Sioux Park offers a quiet refuge of timber and native grasses, providing a counterpoint to the disciplined lines of soybean and corn that define the regional character. Sunlight here possesses a particular clarity, casting long, pale shadows across the earth as evening approaches, turning the fields into a vast, muted canvas of amber and deep brown.

Correctionville carries the weight of a settlement forged in the necessity of the frontier, where the economy remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of the harvest and the resilience of those who tend the land. The heritage of the people reflects a quiet, enduring persistence, a byproduct of the German and Scandinavian currents that shaped the early labor and culture of the plains. While the pace of life maintains a deliberate, unhurried cadence, the presence of the regional geography—from the wooded serenity found at Little Sioux Park to the proximity of Horseshoe Lake—anchors the residents to the seasonal shifts of the interior. It is a place of unshowy, literate civility, where the modern world is filtered through the lens of a traditional, agrarian identity that respects the stillness of the prairie.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Fighter jets (Attraction) — 0.2 mi, 190° S
  • Little Sioux Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 205° SW
  • Copeland Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 259° W
  • Sioux Bend Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.5 mi, 284° W
  • Shagbark Hills (Local Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 179° S
  • Washta Access (State Recreation Area) — 4.8 mi, 028° NE
  • State Theatre (Cinema) — 12.3 mi, 086° E
  • Firefighter Memorial Benches (Monument) — 12.9 mi, 034° NE
  • Quimby Centenial Train Mural (Public Artwork) — 13.0 mi, 034° NE
  • Oak Ridge Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 13.8 mi, 208° SW
  • Train (Attraction) — 14.1 mi, 273° W
  • Old Town (Attraction) — 14.1 mi, 273° W
  • Inkpaduta Historical Marker (Monument) — 16.8 mi, 205° SW
  • Moorehead Historical Museum (Museum) — 18.6 mi, 120° SE
  • Smithland Town Museum (Museum) — 18.7 mi, 203° SW
  • Sioux City - Smithland - Stagecoach Trail (Monument) — 18.8 mi, 206° SW
  • Pawnee Recreation Area Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 19.9 mi, 202° S
  • Table Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 20.6 mi, 219° SW
  • Tallman Museum (Museum) — 22.3 mi, 029° NE
  • Sanford Museum and Planetarium (Museum) — 22.5 mi, 032° NE
  • AMC Movie Theatres (Cinema) — 29.0 mi, 266° W
  • Plymouth County Museum (Museum) — 29.1 mi, 318° NW
  • Kiddie Barn (Attraction) — 29.3 mi, 320° NW
  • Le Mars Community Theatre (Theatre) — 29.3 mi, 319° NW
  • J. Leslie Rollins Stadium (Stadium) — 31.5 mi, 069° E
  • Stone State Park (State Park) — 34.0 mi, 276° W
  • Lewis and Clark State Park (State Park) — 35.3 mi, 213° SW
  • Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.2 mi, 028° NE · 12k acres
  • Missouri National Recreational River (National Recreation Area) — 61.4 mi, 286° W · 870 acres
  • Desoto National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 64.7 mi, 189° S · 16k acres

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About This Correctionville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Correctionville, Iowa. Coordinates: 42.474989, -95.785565. 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 Correctionville includes the ZIP code (51016), telephone area code (563), county seat of Woodbury County (Sioux City), and school district assignment (River Valley 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.