Lincoln Iowa Map

About Lincoln, Iowa

Lincoln is a locality in Grundy County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 121. The population density is 83.3 people per km². Lincoln is located at 42.2627°N, 92.6923°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Lincoln is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 50624, 50652, 50635.

Lincoln emerges from the flat, open horizon as a quiet collection of structures surrounded by the vast, repetitive geometry of tilled Iowa soil. It lies 13.0 miles west-southwest of Cedar Falls, IA (from Cedar Falls, IA: bearing 238°T), and is situated 7.1 miles northeast of Grundy Center. The South Fork Blackhawk Creek carves a shallow, wandering path through the earth nearby, its presence marked by a thin ribbon of riparian brush that cuts through the expanse of corn and soybean fields. Light here acts with a heavy, honest clarity, bleaching the gravel roads to a bone-pale gray during the midday heat and casting long, sharp shadows across the stubble as the sun dips toward the western edge of the sky. To the far distance, the faint, blue-hued silhouette of Mormon Ridge suggests a boundary to the world, though the immediate earth remains stubbornly level, defined by the seasonal labor of the plow and the deep, dark fertility of the soil.

Generations of families have built their lives upon this ground, drawing a steady, unshowy livelihood from the grain trade and the demands of modern agriculture. The rhythm of Lincoln follows the slow cycle of planting and harvest, a pace that encourages a certain literate civility among those who remain to tend the land. Residents find respite in the quiet green space of Grundy County Lake, a local refuge where the water reflects the stillness of the prairie afternoon, or they traverse the Pioneer Trail to witness the landscape at a human scale. While the larger world continues its frantic movement, Lincoln holds to its own quiet gravity, shaped by the heritage of those who broke this sod and the enduring, practical grace of a life anchored to the cycles of the plains.

About This Lincoln Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lincoln, Iowa. Coordinates: 42.262718, -92.69233. 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 Lincoln includes the ZIP code (50624, 50652, 50635), telephone area code (319), county seat of Grundy County (Grundy Center), and school district assignment (Gladbrook-Reinbeck 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.