Dedham Iowa Map

About Dedham, Iowa

Dedham is a locality in Carroll County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 224. The population density is 156.7 people per km². Dedham is located at 41.9061°N, 94.8222°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Dedham is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51440.

Dedham emerges from the vast, undulating expanse of the Iowa prairie, defined by the slow, persistent curve of Dedham Creek that meanders through the landscape like a vein of cool, dark earth. It lies 11.3 miles south-southeast of Carroll, IA (from Carroll, IA: bearing 168°T), and is situated 14.2 miles north-northeast of Audubon. Beyond the immediate reach of the creek, the horizon stretches in a flat, relentless geometry of tilled fields, where the quality of light at dusk turns the heavy soil into a deep, bruised purple. A mile to the east, the dense canopy of Daniel Davis Timber provides a rare, vertical interruption to the horizon, its trees shifting from the vibrant green of summer to a brittle, muted gold as the season wanes. In the distance, the faint, hazy suggestion of Mount Moses barely pricks the skyline, a reminder of the scale of the plains that hold Dedham in a quiet, enduring grip.

Agriculture remains the primary pulse of the local economy, with the rhythm of the year dictated by the planting of corn and soybeans that blanket the surrounding acreage. Dedham carries the quiet legacy of nineteenth-century settlement, where German and Scandinavian influences left an unshowy, literate civility in the architecture of the older houses and the stoic, practical layout of the streets. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a place that values the harvest and the changing weather, far removed from the press of larger urban centers. While Swan Lake lies nine miles away, its presence is felt mainly as a cooling influence on the evening air, a distant, tranquil basin that underscores the stillness of the surrounding plains.

About This Dedham Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Dedham, Iowa. Coordinates: 41.906097, -94.822206. 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 Dedham includes the ZIP code (51440), telephone area code (563), county seat of Carroll County (Carroll), and school district assignment (Carroll 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.