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Kellerton Iowa Map

Explore Kellerton, 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 Kellerton, Iowa

How to Use This Kellerton, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	40.710829
Longitude	-94.049951
Population	243
Density	145.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50133
Area Code	515
County Seat	Mount Ayr
School District	Mount Ayr Community School District

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About Kellerton, Iowa

Kellerton is a locality in Ringgold County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 243. The population density is 145.2 people per km². Kellerton is located at 40.7108°N, 94.0500°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Kellerton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50133.

Kellerton occupies a vast, hushed expanse of the Iowa prairie where the horizon line remains unbroken by anything save for the occasional silhouette of a grain elevator or a distant stand of oak. It lies 51.6 miles south-southwest of Indianola, IA (from Indianola, IA: bearing 210°T), and is situated 8.6 miles northwest of Lamoni. Sunlight here possesses a peculiar, heavy clarity, casting long, bruised shadows across the tilled fields that stretch toward Kuder Creek, where the water runs slow and dark through the silt. To the west, the land rises in subtle, rhythmic swells, a quiet transition toward the Loess Hills that define the regional topography. A few miles to the north, the waters of Lake LaShane gather in a shallow basin, reflecting the immense, shifting sky that dominates the life of every resident. Just beyond the edge of the grid, the Kellerton Bird Conservation Area Wildlife Management Area preserves a patch of native tallgrass, allowing the wilder, ancient character of the plains to persist amidst the orderly rows of corn and soybeans.

Kellerton functions as a quiet node in an agricultural network, its economy anchored firmly to the cycles of planting and harvest that dictate the pace of the year. The settlement carries the weight of a long history shaped by those who broke the stubborn sod to claim a livelihood from the deep, black soil. Life here is defined by a stoic, practical industry, where the labor of the day is measured in bushels and the maintenance of machinery. Residents often travel toward the regional hubs for higher education or specialized trade, yet they return to the unshowy civility of the local streets, where the primary social structures remain the school and the scattered, sturdy homesteads. Despite the encroaching reach of modern commerce, Kellerton maintains a singular, grounded identity, tethered to the land by deep, ancestral roots and the persistent, seasonal demand of the fields.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kellerton Bird Conservation Area Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 267° W
Elk Creek Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 081° E
Poe Hollow County Park (Local Park) — 7.4 mi, 270° W
Don & Connie Huff Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 7.5 mi, 311° NW
Sand Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.1 mi, 012° N
Oxbow Overlook (Viewpoint) — 10.9 mi, 110° E
The Mormon Trail / Utopian Experiments in Southern Iowa (Monument) — 10.9 mi, 110° E
Slip Bluff Park (Local Park) — 11.0 mi, 111° E
Echo-Walk: Recalling the Past in Decatur County (Monument) — 11.0 mi, 110° E
Pawnee Prairie (Conservation Area) — 13.1 mi, 196° S
Dunn Ranch Prairie (Conservation Area) — 15.0 mi, 187° S
Statue of Liberty (Monument) — 16.0 mi, 083° E
Nine Eagles State Park (State Park) — 16.0 mi, 116° SE
Osceola Statue (Attraction) — 26.2 mi, 033° NE
Union County Freedom Rock (Attraction) — 28.9 mi, 323° NW
Green Valley State Park (State Park) — 31.7 mi, 327° NW
Taylor County Historical Museum (Museum) — 35.3 mi, 265° W
Kline Museum (Museum) — 36.4 mi, 307° NW
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mo (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.7 mi, 219° SW · 3,906 acres
Wayne County Museum Library (Museum) — 38.8 mi, 085° E
Prairie Trails Museum (Museum) — 38.8 mi, 085° E
John Wayne (Public Artwork) — 43.1 mi, 003° N
Lucas County Museum (Museum) — 43.6 mi, 061° NE
The Rose Theatre (Theatre) — 50.0 mi, 240° SW
Lyman and Harriet Wight Home Site (Historic Ruins) — 51.2 mi, 176° S
Painted Pony (Gallery) — 51.7 mi, 029° NE
Carver Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 51.9 mi, 029° NE
Black Box Theatre (Theatre) — 51.9 mi, 029° NE
Bessie's Barn (Attraction) — 55.8 mi, 088° E
Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 69.3 mi, 034° NE · 12k acres

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