Gray Iowa Map

About Gray, Iowa

Gray is a locality in Audubon County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 61. The population density is 23.6 people per km². Gray is located at 41.8394°N, 94.9830°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Gray is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 50025, 50110.

Gray occupies a quiet expanse of the Iowa plains where the horizon stretches flat and wide, broken only by the sharp verticality of grain elevators and the occasional stand of wind-stunted trees. It lies 16.7 miles south-southwest of Carroll, IA (from Carroll, IA: bearing 201°T), and is situated 8.8 miles north-northwest of Audubon. The land here holds a particular weight, characterized by deep, dark soil that yields to the slow, meandering path of the East Branch West Nishnabotna River three miles to the east. Light at dusk possesses a singular, bruised quality, casting long shadows across the furrowed rows of corn and soybeans that dominate the view in every direction. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain rises into the subtle, weary undulations of the landscape, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Mount Moses marks the limit of one’s sight toward the west.

Gray traces its lineage to the expansion of the rails, a history written in the iron-straight lines of tracks that once dictated the pulse of commerce and migration. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythmic cycles of planting and harvest, an industry that demands a sturdy, unadorned resilience from those who remain. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, far removed from the frantic sprawl of the state’s larger centers, yet connected to the broader world through the steady export of its golden bounty. Those seeking a brief respite from the labor of the fields might wander toward the quiet greenery of Willow Creek Park, or perhaps traverse the Upper Nish Habitat Trail, finding in the solitude of the prairie a kind of unshowy, literate civility that persists even as the modern world shifts around it.

About This Gray Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Gray, Iowa. Coordinates: 41.83943, -94.983045. 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 Gray includes the ZIP code (50025, 50110), telephone area code (515), county seat of Audubon County (Audubon), and school district assignment (Audubon 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.