Cotter Iowa Map

About Cotter, Iowa

Cotter is a locality in Louisa County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 39. The population density is 153.7 people per km². Cotter is located at 41.2920°N, 91.4615°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cotter is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 52738.

Cotter occupies a quiet expanse of the Iowa plains where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a vault of pale, persistent sky. It lies 23.5 miles west-southwest of Muscatine, IA (from Muscatine, IA: bearing 247°T), and is situated 5.3 miles west of Columbus Junction. The landscape is defined by the steady, rhythmic passage of the Monkey Run, which moves with a low-slung, purposeful gravity through the surrounding fields of corn and soybeans. Beyond the immediate reach of the water, the terrain flattens into a vast, tilled grid that absorbs the golden, heavy light of late summer afternoons, turning the soil into a deep, bruised shade of mahogany. Three miles to the north, the protected quiet of Eden Park offers a reprieve from the relentless geometry of the farmland, providing a patch of untamed growth that contrasts sharply with the orderly, human-pressed rows of the nearby crops.

Cotter maintains a modest, utilitarian character that reflects its long-standing roots in the agricultural cycles of the Midwest. Life here moves in accordance with the seasonal migrations of machinery and the slow, deliberate work of maintaining the land, far removed from the frantic pace of larger urban centers. For those seeking a deeper connection to the terrain, the Hoover Nature Trail six miles away serves as a thin, gravel-lined artery leading through the broader region, while the still, reflective surface of Horseshoe Lake waits another six miles beyond that as a quiet counterpoint to the movement of the local streams. History in Cotter is written in the endurance of its fences and the seasonal repetition of the harvest, creating a sense of permanence that favors the quiet, observant traveler who finds beauty in the unadorned, hardworking plains.

About This Cotter Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cotter, Iowa. Coordinates: 41.291968, -91.461547. 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 Cotter includes the ZIP code (52738), telephone area code (712), county seat of Louisa County (Wapello), and school district assignment (Columbus 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.