Goldfield Iowa Map

About Goldfield, Iowa

Goldfield is a locality in Wright County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 634. The population density is 208.3 people per km². Goldfield is located at 42.7358°N, 93.9208°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Goldfield is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50542.

Goldfield emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of north-central Iowa, defined by the steady, unassuming presence of the Buttermilk Creek as it traces a path through the rich, dark soil. It lies 20.7 miles northeast of Fort Dodge, IA (from Fort Dodge, IA: bearing 37°T), and is situated 5.0 miles north of Eagle Grove. The landscape surrounding Goldfield is a vast expanse of tilled earth, where the sky claims a dominant portion of the view, shifting from a pale, translucent blue at midday to a bruised, heavy violet as the sun retreats behind the cornstalks. At the water’s edge, River Park offers a quiet respite, its grasses bending in the persistent wind that sweeps across the plains, while the distant, shimmering surface of Lake Cornelia remains a silent, twelve-mile witness to the cycle of the seasons.

Goldfield maintains a quiet, industrious character, built upon the sturdy foundations of agriculture and the meticulous labor of generations who turned the prairie into a grid of productive farmland. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest, with grain elevators standing as the singular, vertical sentinels of the skyline, marking the transition from the seasonal toil of the fields to the measured pace of daily life on Main Street. There is an unshowy civility here, a sense of belonging that persists in the way neighbors acknowledge one another amidst the long shadows of the grain bins. Life in Goldfield is measured not by the velocity of modern change, but by the subtle shifts in the air and the enduring, deep-rooted connection to the land that provides for the inhabitants year after year.

About This Goldfield Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Goldfield, Iowa. Coordinates: 42.735804, -93.92078. 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 Goldfield includes the ZIP code (50542), telephone area code (319), county seat of Wright County (Clarion), and school district assignment (Clarion-Goldfield-Dows 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.