Hedrick Iowa Map

About Hedrick, Iowa

Hedrick is a locality in Keokuk County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 728. The population density is 180.4 people per km². Hedrick is located at 41.1725°N, 92.3088°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hedrick is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 52563.

Hedrick emerges from the broad, flat expanse of the Iowa prairie, defined by the quiet persistence of the Waugh Branch as it carves a shallow, meandering path through the earth. It lies 11.8 miles north-northeast of Ottumwa, IA (from Ottumwa, IA: bearing 27°T), and is situated 19.4 miles east-southeast of Oskaloosa. The landscape here is a study in horizontal lines, where the sky claims the vast majority of the horizon and the soil holds the deep, dark promise of the harvest. During the transition of dusk, the light stretches thin and amber across the tilled fields, momentarily turning the stubble of corn and soybean into a field of burnished copper. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the terrain occasionally gathers into modest swells, a hint of the geologic patience that shaped this interior basin long before the first plows broke the sod.

Hedrick carries the weight of a history rooted in the iron of the railway and the stubborn endurance of the settlers who arrived with German and Scandinavian inheritances. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythmic cycles of agriculture, a quiet industry that dictates the pulse of the streets and the seasonal migration of machinery. While the daily pace is measured by the requirements of the land, residents often find a brief respite in the natural quiet of the Hayesville Bend Wildlife Management Area or the stillness found near the waters of Lake Keomah. There is an unshowy, literate civility to the way the days unfold here, a recognition that life is best understood through the steady, predictable turning of the seasons and the maintenance of the fences that mark the edges of the world.

About This Hedrick Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hedrick, Iowa. Coordinates: 41.172513, -92.308794. 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 Hedrick includes the ZIP code (52563), telephone area code (712), county seat of Keokuk County (Sigourney), and school district assignment (Pekin 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.