Hartford Iowa Map
Explore Hartford, 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 Hartford, Iowa
How to Use This Hartford, Iowa Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Hartford, 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 Hartford.
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 | Hartford |
| State | Iowa (IA) |
| County | Warren County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 41.459436 |
| Longitude | -93.404933 |
| Population | 733 |
| Density | 260.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 50118 |
| Area Code | 515 |
| County Seat | Indianola |
| School District | Carlisle Community School District |
About Hartford, Iowa
Hartford is a locality in Warren County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 733. The population density is 260.1 people per km². Hartford is located at 41.4594°N, 93.4049°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hartford is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50118.Hartford occupies a modest expanse of the Iowa plains, where the horizon stretches out in a wide, unbroken line of tilled earth and seasonal color. It lies 10.5 miles southeast of Pleasant Hill, IA (from Pleasant Hill, IA: bearing 145°T), and is situated 5.3 miles east-southeast of Carlisle. The land around Hartford possesses a quiet, deliberate weight, defined by the slow movement of Butcher Creek as it cuts through the soil just a mile away. At dusk, the light here turns a bruised, dusty violet, casting long shadows across the fields of corn and soybeans that dominate the view in every direction. For those seeking the outdoors, the Red Rock Wildlife Management Area offers a nearby sanctuary of native grasses and timber, a stark contrast to the relentless grid of the surrounding agricultural patchwork.
Hartford maintains the steady, unshowy pace of a settlement built on the bedrock of Midwestern labor and deep-rooted agrarian tradition. While the modern economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding acreage, the spirit of the place is marked by a literate, unassuming civility that favors substance over spectacle. Residents look toward the distant presence of Browns Lake when the summer heat hangs heavy in the air, or they travel further afield toward the McVay Trail to reconnect with the wider landscape. Life in Hartford feels grounded in the repetitive, necessary cycles of the seasons, where the history of the region is written not in monuments, but in the enduring care taken with the land and the persistent, quiet resilience of its inhabitants.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Red Rock Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 001° N
- Grant Nature Land (Local Park) — 3.8 mi, 122° SE
- Banner Flats Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 282° W
- Summerset Trail (State Recreation Area) — 4.7 mi, 299° NW
- Yellow Banks (Local Park) — 5.7 mi, 334° NW
- Banner Lakes At Summerset State Park (State Park) — 7.3 mi, 262° W
- City Water Pump (Monument) — 7.4 mi, 209° SW
- Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.8 mi, 046° NE · 12k acres
- Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.1 mi, 054° NE · 12k acres
- SEP Stadium (Stadium) — 9.7 mi, 346° N
- Barb Wire Point (Viewpoint) — 10.1 mi, 305° NW
- Black Box Theatre (Theatre) — 10.5 mi, 232° SW
- Carver Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 10.5 mi, 233° SW
- Painted Pony (Gallery) — 10.6 mi, 230° SW
- Warren County Historical Museum (Museum) — 11.4 mi, 232° SW
- Cattle Tie-Outs (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 11.7 mi, 321° NW
- Giraffe Feeding (Attraction) — 12.0 mi, 290° W
- Richard L. Easter Museum Complex (Museum) — 12.0 mi, 322° NW
- MidAmerican Energy Stage (Theatre) — 12.0 mi, 321° NW
- Model Railroad (Attraction) — 12.0 mi, 320° NW
Latest News: Hartford
Loading news…
World News
Loading news-world…
More World News
Loading news-world…
About This Hartford Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hartford, Iowa. Coordinates: 41.459436, -93.404933. 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 Hartford includes the ZIP code (50118), telephone area code (515), county seat of Warren County (Indianola), and school district assignment (Carlisle Community School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
