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Drakesville Iowa Map

Explore Drakesville, 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 Drakesville, Iowa

How to Use This Drakesville, Iowa Map

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

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	Drakesville
State	Iowa (IA)
County	Davis County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	40.798353
Longitude	-92.481575
Population	164
Density	259.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	52552
Area Code	712
County Seat	Bloomfield
School District	Davis County Community School District

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About Drakesville, Iowa

Drakesville is a locality in Davis County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 164. The population density is 259.5 people per km². Drakesville is located at 40.7984°N, 92.4816°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Drakesville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 52552.

Drakesville emerges from the broad, open expanse of the Iowa prairie where the horizon line remains uninterrupted by anything but the seasonal march of corn and soybean stalks. It lies 15.7 miles south-southwest of Ottumwa, IA (from Ottumwa, IA: bearing 193°T), and is situated 4.8 miles northwest of Bloomfield. The landscape here is defined by a slow, rhythmic swell of earth, a subtle geography shaped by glacial retreat that leaves the soil dark, heavy, and fertile. To the south, the passage of Chequest Creek carves a shallow, winding depression through the loam, its banks lined with the persistent green of cottonwoods and willows that catch the low, honeyed light of late afternoon. Just a short distance away, the quiet waters of Lake Wapello offer a mirror to the immense, shifting clouds, while Drakesville Park provides a modest, grassy anchor at the center of the local geography, holding the quiet stillness of the plains in its perimeter.

Drakesville carries the quiet weight of nineteenth-century settlement, a place where the economy remains tethered to the cycles of the furrow and the harvest. The architecture of the streets reflects a pragmatic, unshowy sensibility, with sturdy frames that have weathered decades of sharp winters and humid, growing summers. Life here moves in accordance with the agricultural calendar, where the hum of machinery during planting and harvest seasons dictates the tempo of the day more than any clock. Beyond the tilled fields, the character of the locality is defined by a deep, literate civility and the persistence of traditions brought by early settlers, leaving a quiet dignity in the way the morning mist clings to the silos. Drakesville stands as a deliberate, grounded point in the vast, productive interior, favoring a steady, enduring pace over the frantic urgency of distant centers.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Drakesville Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 011° N
Lake Fisher Park (Local Park) — 3.1 mi, 146° SE
Lake Wapello State Park (State Park) — 4.4 mi, 288° W
Davis County Historical Museum (Museum) — 4.8 mi, 133° SE
Stephens State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 5.4 mi, 314° NW
McGowen Recreation & Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 130° SE
Soap Creek (Davis) Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.3 mi, 299° NW
Pioneer Ridge Nature Area (Local Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 035° NE
Soap Creek (Appanoose) Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.1 mi, 296° NW
Moulton Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 234° SW
Airpower Museum Library (Museum) — 13.1 mi, 359° N
Cliffland Access (State Recreation Area) — 13.2 mi, 032° NE
Gone West Memorial (Monument) — 13.6 mi, 336° NW
Iowa Heartland History Connection (Museum) — 15.6 mi, 013° N
Steam locomotive (Monument) — 15.6 mi, 013° N
Saint John Auditorium (Theatre) — 17.6 mi, 015° N
Moravia Wabash Depot Museum (Museum) — 19.1 mi, 290° W
Rathbun Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 20.2 mi, 283° W
Rathbun Lake (Recreation Area) — 20.4 mi, 278° W
Curtis King (Monument) — 20.8 mi, 354° N
The Majestic Theater (Theatre) — 21.0 mi, 258° W
Honey Creek State Park (State Park) — 22.8 mi, 281° W
Bessie's Barn (Attraction) — 26.7 mi, 261° W
Pheasant Aircraft Mural (Public Artwork) — 28.6 mi, 145° SE
South Crawford School (historical) (Historic Ruins) — 41.3 mi, 206° SW
Gallery 104 (Gallery) — 42.0 mi, 187° S
Truman State Art Gallery (Gallery) — 42.4 mi, 187° S
Cox-Snow Music Center (Arts Centre) — 47.5 mi, 331° NW
Klokkenspel (Attraction) — 47.7 mi, 332° NW
Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium (Stadium) — 47.9 mi, 331° NW

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