Farnhamville Iowa Map

About Farnhamville, Iowa

Farnhamville is a locality in Calhoun County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 386. The population density is 244.4 people per km². Farnhamville is located at 42.2761°N, 94.4039°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 50538.

Farnhamville rests in a broad, shallow basin where the land gently slopes toward the fertile bottoms of the Boyer River. It lies 43.5 miles west-north-west of Ames, IA (from Ames, IA: bearing 293°T), and is situated 5.8 miles west of Gowrie. The horizon here is a generous sweep of sky, often painted in the bruised purples and soft golds of an Iowa sunset, each day’s end a quiet masterpiece over the orderly squares of corn and soybeans that define the immediate landscape. The air, especially in late summer, carries the sweet, dusty perfume of harvested grain and the faint, earthy scent of damp soil. Farmhouses, often with their weathered red barns standing sentinel, are scattered across the fields, their white paint bleached by decades of sun and wind, each a small, enduring outpost against the vast, open prairie. The roads, mostly gravel or packed earth, ribbon through the cultivated expanse, leading to the modest cluster of buildings that form the heart of Farnhamville. The history of Farnhamville is inextricably linked to the rich agricultural heritage of Calhoun County, its origins as a farming community evident in the very layout of the land and the enduring spirit of its residents. The local economy, still anchored by the bounty of the surrounding fields, sees the grain elevators rise like silos of promise, their steel structures catching the light as trucks rumble in and out, carrying the fruits of the season. While no grand monuments mark its past, the stories are etched in the weathered wood of the general store, a place where the rhythm of daily life still ebbs and flows, and in the quiet conversations at the local café, where the talk often turns to the weather and the crops. Farnhamville is a place where the land itself tells the story, a quiet testament to generations who have worked its soil and found their livelihood beneath its expansive sky.

About This Farnhamville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Farnhamville, Iowa — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 42.27609, -94.403859. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Farnhamville and Calhoun County.

Detailed location data for Farnhamville includes the ZIP code (50538), telephone area code (319), county seat of Calhoun County (Rockwell City), and school district assignment (Southeast Valley Community School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Farnhamville is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.