Inwood Iowa Map

About Inwood, Iowa

Inwood is a locality in Lyon County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 928. The population density is 252.9 people per km². Inwood is located at 43.3072°N, 96.4320°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Inwood is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51240.

Inwood occupies a vast, level expanse of the upper Midwest where the horizon stretches thin and taut against the sky. It lies 37.9 miles north-northwest of Le Mars, IA (from Le Mars, IA: bearing 339°T), and is situated 9.9 miles northwest of Rock Valley. The landscape around Inwood is defined by the rigorous geometry of agriculture, where fields of corn and soybeans meet the sky in clean, unbroken lines. Two miles away, the modest channel of Dry Run Creek cuts through the silt, providing a quiet drainage for the surrounding fields, while the distant, jagged silhouette of the Cactus Hills offers the only interruption to the otherwise rhythmic, flat topography. The light at dusk here possesses a peculiar, heavy clarity, turning the stalks of grain into shimmering bronze and casting long, indigo shadows that seem to anchor the land firmly to the earth.

History in this region is measured in the steady persistence of homesteading families who arrived to break the stubborn prairie sod. Economic life remains tethered to the soil, with the daily operations of the grain elevator and the seasonal labor of the harvest dictating the pulse of the community. Inwood maintains a quiet, literate civility, shaped by a heritage that values both the labor of the hands and the quietude of the plains. For those seeking the wilder edges of the territory, the Big Sioux River Wildlife Management Area provides a sanctuary of tall grasses and native brush, while the Pahoja Recreation Trail offers a path for residents to traverse the landscape on foot, moving through a country that demands nothing but a patient, steady attention.

About This Inwood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Inwood, Iowa. Coordinates: 43.307202, -96.43198. 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 Inwood includes the ZIP code (51240), telephone area code (563), county seat of Lyon County (Rock Rapids), and school district assignment (West Lyon 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.