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Hansell Iowa Map

Explore Hansell, 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 Hansell, Iowa

How to Use This Hansell, Iowa Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Hansell, 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 Hansell.

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	Hansell
State	Iowa (IA)
County	Franklin County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	42.757751
Longitude	-93.104088
Population	82
Density	141.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50441
Area Code	515
County Seat	Hampton
School District	Hampton-Dumont Community School District

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About Hansell, Iowa

Hansell is a locality in Franklin County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 82. The population density is 141.3 people per km². Hansell is located at 42.7578°N, 93.1041°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hansell is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50441.

Hansell occupies a quiet expanse of the Iowa prairie where the horizon stretches flat and wide, broken only by the deliberate lines of shelterbelts and the seasonal geometry of tilled soil. It lies 27.8 miles south of Mason City, IA (from Mason City, IA: bearing 170°T), and is situated 5.1 miles east-northeast of Hampton. Otter Creek cuts a modest, winding path through the landscape, its banks providing a low-lying corridor of brush and wild grasses that hold the morning mist long after the sun has climbed above the cornstalks. A few miles to the east, the Deer Meadow Wildlife Area preserves a patch of the tallgrass heritage that once defined this entire region, offering a sanctuary for migratory birds and the occasional deer moving through the undergrowth. The light here at dusk is heavy and gold, catching the dust kicked up from the gravel roads and casting long, amber shadows that seem to anchor the land to the sky.

Hansell remains a place defined by the steady, unpretentious industry of agriculture, where the cyclical planting and harvesting of soybeans and corn dictate the rhythm of the year. The settlement carries the quiet weight of its mid-nineteenth-century origins, built upon the labor of those who cleared the sod and established the rail-side trade that once connected these fields to the wider world. While modern life has moved toward the larger hubs, the local economy continues to turn on the strength of the harvest, echoing the Scandinavian and German persistence of the early settlers. Residents might travel seven miles to the shores of Beeds Lake for a moment of quiet reflection, yet the true character of Hansell persists in the literate civility of its people and the enduring, functional beauty of a landscape that asks for nothing more than a steady hand and a long view.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Deer Meadow Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 094° E
WKW Conservation Park (Local Park) — 3.6 mi, 284° W
West Fork Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 4.2 mi, 056° NE
Robinson Park (Local Park) — 4.2 mi, 288° W
West Fork Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 027° NE
Creeden Prairie (Local Conservation Area) — 4.5 mi, 020° N
Ball Field (Local Recreation) — 4.9 mi, 259° W
Franklin County Historical Museum (Museum) — 6.0 mi, 259° W
Beed's Lake State Park (State Park) — 6.5 mi, 276° W
Dumont Area Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 6.7 mi, 095° E
Dumont Historical Museum (Museum) — 6.7 mi, 095° E
Big Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.8 mi, 104° E
Ackley Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock (Monument) — 14.3 mi, 170° S
Butler County Freedom Rock (Monument) — 17.9 mi, 058° NE
Union Depot (Museum) — 18.1 mi, 205° SW
Dow House (Museum) — 18.2 mi, 207° SW
Iowa Falls Historical Museum - Sue Crotty Hisotrical Mueseum (Museum) — 18.2 mi, 207° SW
Pine Lake State Park (State Park) — 25.9 mi, 175° S
Grand Theatre (Cinema) — 27.4 mi, 179° S
Harmony in Light (Public Artwork) — 27.5 mi, 350° N
Mason City Communit Theatre (Theatre) — 27.5 mi, 350° N
Rancho Deluxe (Attraction) — 27.7 mi, 351° N
Winnebago Trail (Nature Reserve) — 29.1 mi, 351° N
Brewery (Historic Ruins) — 29.8 mi, 352° N
McElroy Communication Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 31.6 mi, 094° E
Neumann Auditorium (Theatre) — 31.7 mi, 094° E
Palace Theater (Cinema) — 32.3 mi, 094° E
Odvin Hagen Music Center (Arts Centre) — 44.2 mi, 322° NW
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 53.0 mi, 290° W · 12k acres
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 63.6 mi, 151° SE · 24k acres

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