Derby Iowa Map

About Derby, Iowa

Derby is a locality in Lucas County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 90. The population density is 136.3 people per km². Derby is located at 40.9317°N, 93.4563°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Derby is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50068.

Derby sits amidst the vast, tilled expanses of southern Iowa, where the horizon stretches thin and flat under a sky that seems to claim more than its share of the day. It lies 29.9 miles south of Indianola, IA (from Indianola, IA: bearing 170°T), and is situated 9.7 miles southwest of Chariton. The landscape surrounding Derby is dominated by the quiet labor of agriculture, characterized by fields of corn and soybean that turn from emerald to brittle gold with the turning of the seasons. A mile to the east, the Chariton River cuts a slow, deliberate path through the earth, its banks shaded by dense thickets that offer a cool respite from the summer heat. The air here holds a distinct, earthy scent of turned soil, and at dusk, the light catches the dust raised by passing machinery, casting a long, amber glow over the Cinder Path Bike Trail that runs directly through the center of the local geography.

History clings to the wooden skeletons of old granaries and the faded paint of storefronts that once served a busier rail-side economy. Life in Derby moves with a measured, deliberate pace, dictated by the cycles of planting and harvest rather than the frantic pulse of the modern world. Residents often venture toward the Humeston Reservoir for a quiet afternoon of contemplation or travel a few miles further to find the deeper, shadowed solitude of the Stephens State Forest - White Breast Unit. While the nearby Cinder Path serves as a reminder of the industrial veins that once fueled regional growth, the current character of Derby is defined by a sturdy, unshowy resilience. It is a place where the silence of the plains is not an absence of sound, but a heavy, comfortable presence that settles over the porch swings as the sun dips below the western edge of the fields.

About This Derby Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Derby, Iowa. Coordinates: 40.931668, -93.456324. 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 Derby includes the ZIP code (50068), telephone area code (515), county seat of Lucas County (Chariton), and school district assignment (Mormon Trail 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.