Farragut Iowa Map

About Farragut, Iowa

Farragut is a locality in Fremont County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 490. The population density is 471.8 people per km². Farragut is located at 40.7219°N, 95.4808°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Farragut is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51639.

Farragut sits amidst a vast, undulating expanse where the horizon stretches flat and wide, defined by the relentless geometry of tilled soil and seasonal crops. It lies 42.2 miles south-southeast of Council Bluffs, IA (from Council Bluffs, IA: bearing 152°T), and is situated 6.4 miles west-southwest of Shenandoah. The air here holds a crisp, dry clarity that sharpens the edges of the distant horizon, where the faint, hazy outline of Pigeon Ridge suggests a world far beyond the immediate prairie. Only a mile away, the East Nishnabotna River carves a quiet, meandering path through the earth, its slow-moving waters providing a constant, low-frequency pulse to the surrounding fields. To the north, the terrain softens into the subtle, sweeping swells characteristic of the region, creating a landscape that feels both expansive and deeply private, particularly as the low, golden light of late afternoon catches the stubble of harvested soybean fields.

Farragut reflects the steady, disciplined heritage of its early settlers, who built their lives upon the promise of this fertile, dark loam. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons, with the machinery of modern agriculture marking the passage of time far more reliably than any clock. Beyond the immediate grid of the streets, the Riverton Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of tall grasses and native brush, serving as a reminder of the wilder, uncultivated state of the plains that once defined the territory. Life in Farragut moves with an unpretentious, quiet civility, where the neighbors recognize the value of a day’s labor and the silence that settles over the land when the work is finally done.

About This Farragut Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Farragut, Iowa. Coordinates: 40.721944, -95.480823. 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 Farragut includes the ZIP code (51639), telephone area code (641), county seat of Fremont County (Sidney), and school district assignment (Shenandoah 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.