Macksburg Iowa Map

About Macksburg, Iowa

Macksburg is a locality in Madison County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 97. The population density is 18.9 people per km². Macksburg is located at 41.2147°N, 94.1852°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Macksburg is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50155.

Macksburg anchors itself to the Iowa landscape where the rhythmic cycle of the seasons dictates the color of the horizon. It lies 31.5 miles south-southwest of Waukee, IA (from Waukee, IA: bearing 210°T), and is situated 14.2 miles northeast of Creston. The Rocky Branch cuts a narrow, winding path through the soil nearby, carving a modest channel that serves as a constant, quiet companion to the surrounding expanse of tilled earth. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch toward the edges of the sky, interrupted only by the occasional copse of trees or the rise of a gentle slope. When the sun hangs low, the light catches the dust motes above the furrows, casting long, lean shadows that seem to anchor the architecture of the plains to the dark, fertile ground.

Macksburg carries the quiet weight of a regional history rooted in the grit of agrarian life, where the local economy has long mirrored the output of the surrounding acreage. The proximity of the Roseman Covered Bridge Access offers a singular point of interest for those traversing the local roads, serving as a reminder of the craftsmanship that defined early settlement here. While the Middle River County Forest remains a distant green silhouette eleven miles away and Green Valley Lake offers a further reach for those seeking the stillness of deeper waters, the daily pulse of Macksburg remains tethered to the land. Here, the pace is measured by the requirements of the harvest and the steady, unshowy civility of neighbors who have long understood that a life lived close to the soil requires a particular kind of patience.

About This Macksburg Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Macksburg, Iowa. Coordinates: 41.214712, -94.185232. 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 Macksburg includes the ZIP code (50155), telephone area code (515), county seat of Madison County (Winterset), and school district assignment (Orient-Macksburg 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.