Jacksonville Iowa Map

About Jacksonville, Iowa

Jacksonville is a locality in Chickasaw County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 29. The population density is 114.3 people per km². Jacksonville is located at 41.6453°N, 95.1500°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 52154, 51537.

Jacksonville occupies a quiet expanse of the Iowa plains where the horizon stretches flat and wide under an immense, pale sky. It lies 30.4 miles north-northeast of Waverly, IA (from Waverly, IA: bearing 26°T), and is situated 6.9 miles northeast of New Hampton. The landscape around Jacksonville consists of vast, tilled fields that shift in color from the deep green of midsummer corn to the brittle, golden brown of harvest time, punctuated only by the distant, rhythmic silhouettes of farmstead silos. Near the edge of the property, the land dips toward the banks of Simpson Creek, where the air holds a persistent, cool dampness and the mud remains dark and heavy long after the spring rains have ceased. At Adolph Munson Park, the grass grows thick and unmanicured, offering a place where the wind moves through the prairie stalks with a low, steady hum that defines the stillness of the afternoon.

Farmers have worked this soil for generations, maintaining an economy deeply rooted in the cycles of grain production and the patient stewardship of the earth. Jacksonville reflects the legacy of early settlers who moved into the interior to break the sod and establish a life centered on the resilience of the seasons. While the pace of life remains slow and deliberate, there is a quiet intelligence in the way the residents observe the changing light, noting how the shadows lengthen across the furrows as dusk approaches. The influence of the broader region is felt in the unshowy, literate civility of the people, who carry on their daily tasks with a focus that ignores the vanity of larger, more crowded places.

About This Jacksonville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Jacksonville, Iowa. Coordinates: 41.645266, -95.149994. 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 Jacksonville includes the ZIP code (52154, 51537), telephone area code (641), county seat of Chickasaw County (New Hampton), and school district assignment (Harlan 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.