Edgewood Iowa Map

About Edgewood, Iowa

Edgewood is a locality in Delaware County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 909. The population density is 372.2 people per km². Edgewood is located at 42.6444°N, 91.4013°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Edgewood is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 52042.

Edgewood rises from a landscape defined by the patient carving of Honey Creek, which meanders past the quiet edges of the settlement like a silver thread pulled through dark, fertile soil. It lies 38.8 miles west-northwest of Dubuque, IA (from Dubuque, IA: bearing 285°T), and is situated 11.4 miles north-northeast of Manchester. The horizon is a wide, unhurried expanse of tilled fields, where the golden stalks of corn and the emerald leaves of soybean follow the subtle swells of the earth toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Wolf Hill. Light in this region possesses a particular clarity, turning the sky a deep, bruised violet at dusk and casting long, indigo shadows that stretch across the prairie floor. Only two miles away, the Bixby State Preserve offers a rugged contrast to the orderly grid of the fields, its limestone outcrops and ice caves suggesting a geological memory that predates the plow.

Edgewood maintains a steady, industrious pulse, anchored by a heritage that honors the practical diligence of its early settlers. The economy here remains deeply tethered to the land, an extension of the rigorous seasonal rhythms that dictate the life of the surrounding farms. While the pace feels deliberate, there is a quiet, literate civility in the way the residents move through their days, often looking toward the deeper, wooded silence of Backbone State Forest for respite. History here is not a relic kept behind glass, but a living practice of stewardship, evident in the way the community manages the land that stretches toward Hartwick Lake and beyond. Even as the modern world encroaches, Edgewood retains an austere, grounded character, defined by the persistent, cooling presence of the creek and the vast, open skies that remain the final authority over the plains.

About This Edgewood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Edgewood, Iowa. Coordinates: 42.644431, -91.401252. 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 Edgewood includes the ZIP code (52042), telephone area code (712), county seat of Delaware County (Manchester), and school district assignment (Edgewood-Colesburg 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.