Exira Iowa Map

About Exira, Iowa

Exira is a locality in Audubon County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 787. The population density is 294.7 people per km². Exira is located at 41.5908°N, 94.8755°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Exira is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50076.

Exira reveals itself through the steady, patient movement of Davids Creek, which carves a modest path through the deep, black soil of western Iowa. It lies 32.8 miles south of Carroll, IA (from Carroll, IA: bearing 181°T), and is situated 9.3 miles south-southeast of Audubon. The landscape surrounding Exira is defined by the repetitive, rhythmic geometry of tilled fields, where the horizon stretches flat and wide, occasionally interrupted by the subtle, undulating swells of the prairie. In the quiet hours of a late summer afternoon, the light turns a bruised gold, casting long, thin shadows across the rows of corn and soybeans that dominate the fertile expanse. Two miles away, the dense growth of Plow-in-oak-Park offers a sheltered, shaded refuge from the expansive openness of the plains, providing a singular, quiet contrast to the persistent labor of the fields.

Generations of families have shaped the character of Exira, drawing upon deep roots of Scandinavian and German heritage that manifest in the deliberate, unshowy civility of the local life. The economy remains tethered to the vitality of the earth, a cycle of planting and harvest that dictates the cadence of the day and the quiet commerce of the streets. While the nearest water, Nabotna Pond, rests twelve miles to the east, the true lifeblood of the region remains the slow, reliable progress of the local creek and the seasonal transformation of the crops. There is a profound, literate stillness here, a sense that the people of Exira understand the value of a long view, observing the changing seasons with a calm, steady focus that is as enduring as the soil itself.

About This Exira Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Exira, Iowa. Coordinates: 41.590821, -94.87554. 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 Exira includes the ZIP code (50076), telephone area code (515), county seat of Audubon County (Audubon), and school district assignment (Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton 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.