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Geneva Iowa Map

Explore Geneva, Iowa, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Geneva, Iowa

How to Use This Geneva, Iowa Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Geneva, Iowa. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Iowa or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Geneva.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Geneva
State	Iowa (IA)
County	Benton County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	42.674846
Longitude	-93.129833
Population	136
Density	128.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	52229, 50633
Area Code	712, 319
County Seat	Vinton
School District	AGWSR Community School District

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About Geneva, Iowa

Geneva is a locality in Benton County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 136. The population density is 128.4 people per km². Geneva is located at 42.6748°N, 93.1298°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Geneva is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 52229, 50633.

Geneva emerges from the vast, planar expanse of the Iowa prairie, defined by the relentless geometry of tilled soil and the quiet persistence of the horizon. It lies 25.8 miles west-northwest of Cedar Rapids, IA (from Cedar Rapids, IA: bearing 287°T), and is situated 6.3 miles southwest of Vinton. The landscape stretches in a muted palette of tawny gold and deep, earthen browns, where the sky claims an immense portion of the visual field, pressing down with a clarity that renders the distant silhouettes of The Hogback faint, jagged ink-strokes against the haze. Hinkle Creek traces a modest, winding path through the nearby fields, its banks lined with the skeletal, grey-barked silhouettes of cottonwoods that shiver in the persistent prairie wind. There is a profound stillness here, punctuated only by the mechanical hum of tractors during the harvest, a sound that settles into the very marrow of the earth, suggesting a world governed by the slow, deliberate turning of the seasons rather than the frantic pace of the modern map.

Geneva functions as a quiet node in the regional economy, anchored firmly to the soil and the legacy of the settlers who first broke this heavy, fertile ground. The local character is shaped by a modest, enduring civility, rooted in the traditions of those who recognized that prosperity required a disciplined partnership with the land. While the Eden Township Wildlife Area offers a sanctuary for native grasses and migratory birds just a few miles away, the heartbeat of the locality remains the grain elevator and the communal gatherings that mark the agricultural calendar. Life in Geneva is measured by the quality of the light as it catches the dust motes in a late-afternoon grain haul, or the way the air cools sharply after a summer storm, turning the fields into a dark, velvet expanse. It is a place where the history of the plains is not a distant memory but a living, breathing cycle, kept in motion by the quiet industry of those who have chosen to remain in the shadow of the wide, unchanging sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Burkley Park (Local Park) — 1.8 mi, 270° W
Spainhower Tract (Local Park) — 2.0 mi, 271° W
Maynes Grove (Local Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 272° W
Ball Field (Local Recreation) — 5.8 mi, 324° NW
Franklin County Historical Museum (Museum) — 6.5 mi, 315° NW
Deer Meadow Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 7.0 mi, 040° NE
Big Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.3 mi, 134° SE
Beed's Lake State Park (State Park) — 8.2 mi, 321° NW
Ackley Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock (Monument) — 9.1 mi, 156° SE
West Fork Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 9.4 mi, 031° NE
West Fork Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.4 mi, 028° NE
Dumont Area Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 9.5 mi, 057° NE
Dumont Historical Museum (Museum) — 9.5 mi, 057° NE
Union Depot (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 211° SW
Iowa Falls Historical Museum - Sue Crotty Hisotrical Mueseum (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 213° SW
Dow House (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 213° SW
Iowa Falls Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 12.9 mi, 214° SW
Pine Lake State Park (State Park) — 20.4 mi, 171° S
Grand Theatre (Cinema) — 21.8 mi, 176° S
Civil War Statue (Public Artwork) — 21.8 mi, 176° S
Mason City Communit Theatre (Theatre) — 33.0 mi, 354° N
McElroy Communication Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 33.1 mi, 084° E
Neumann Auditorium (Theatre) — 33.1 mi, 083° E
Rancho Deluxe (Attraction) — 33.2 mi, 355° N
Palace Theater (Cinema) — 33.7 mi, 084° E
Winnebago Trail (Nature Reserve) — 34.6 mi, 355° N
Brewery (Historic Ruins) — 35.4 mi, 355° N
Story City Carousel (Attraction) — 40.9 mi, 215° SW
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 54.0 mi, 296° NW · 12k acres
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 59.3 mi, 147° SE · 24k acres

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