Epworth Iowa Map

About Epworth, Iowa

Epworth is a locality in Dubuque County, Iowa, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,023. The population density is 439.3 people per km². Epworth is located at 42.4450°N, 90.9321°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Epworth is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 52045.

Epworth asserts its presence across a vast, horizontal expanse of Iowa farmland where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 14.2 miles west-southwest of Dubuque, IA (from Dubuque, IA: bearing 254°T), and is situated 4.2 miles west of Peosta. The landscape around Epworth unfolds in rhythmic swells of rich, dark soil, punctuated by the rhythmic green of soybean fields and the tall, rustling sentinels of summer corn. A mile away, the quiet passage of Hogans Branch cuts through the terrain, a slender artery of water that marks the subtle shifts in the topography. On clear afternoons, the distant, hazy silhouette of Balltown Ridge shadows the horizon, providing a stationary anchor to a land that otherwise seems to drift toward the edges of the world.

Generations of settlers established Epworth on the strength of this fertile ground, building a local economy that remains deeply tethered to the pulse of the harvest and the steady labor of the fields. The pace of life here is defined by the seasonal turning of the soil and a quiet, literate civility that persists in the way neighbors acknowledge one another on the street. Residents often seek the solace of the outdoors by traveling to the nearby Heritage Trail, where the remnants of old rail lines offer a path through the quiet woodlands. While the deeper, carved recesses of Swiss Valley lie miles to the west, Epworth maintains its own grounded character, far removed from the clamor of the wider world and content in its modest, productive solitude.

About This Epworth Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Epworth, Iowa. Coordinates: 42.445002, -90.932077. 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 Epworth includes the ZIP code (52045), telephone area code (712), county seat of Dubuque County (Dubuque), and school district assignment (Western Dubuque County 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.