Eldon Iowa Map

About Eldon, Iowa

Eldon is a locality in Wapello County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 783. The population density is 276.3 people per km². Eldon is located at 40.9186°N, 92.2230°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Eldon is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 52554.

Eldon occupies a quiet reach of the earth where the Des Moines River curves through a landscape of deep, dark soil and expansive, tilled horizons. It lies 12.1 miles southeast of Ottumwa, IA (from Ottumwa, IA: bearing 125°T), and is situated 14.9 miles west-southwest of Fairfield. The air here carries the scent of turned earth and drying stalks, a heavy, fertile stillness that settles over the fields long before the sun dips below the western plains. While the terrain remains largely flat, the land holds a subtle, stubborn character, marked by the persistent flow of the Des Moines River that carves its path through the dense, silt-rich ground. Two miles away, the Eldon Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of unmanicured thickets and grasses, a place where the local flora reclaims the edges of the agricultural grid.

Eldon emerged from the expansion of the rail era, drawing its initial vitality from the iron tracks that once dictated the movement of grain and trade across the plains. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons, dominated by the labor of the harvest and the steady, mechanical pulse of regional agriculture. Cultural memory here is anchored to the modest, white-sided house immortalized in Grant Wood’s painting, an image that has become an indelible part of the local identity, reflecting the unshowy, pragmatic spirit of the people. Life in Eldon moves with a measured, deliberate pace, far from the reach of Reservoir Number One or the deeper slopes of Spahn Hollow, favoring a quiet, literate civility that persists in the face of a changing world.

About This Eldon Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Eldon, Iowa. Coordinates: 40.91863, -92.222958. 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 Eldon includes the ZIP code (52554), telephone area code (712), county seat of Wapello County (Ottumwa), and school district assignment (Cardinal 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.