Magnolia Iowa Map

About Magnolia, Iowa

Magnolia is a locality in Harrison County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 190. The population density is 133.9 people per km². Magnolia is located at 41.6958°N, 95.8767°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Magnolia is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 51550, 51546.

Magnolia rises from the expansive, pleated earth of western Iowa, where the horizon stretches wide enough to swallow the sun in a single, lingering swallow. It lies 30.0 miles north of Council Bluffs, IA (from Council Bluffs, IA: bearing 358°T), and is situated 9.7 miles north of Missouri Valley. The landscape is defined by the deep, wind-blown silt of the Loess Hills, which heave upward in rhythmic, golden-hued waves that seem to hold the light long after the shadows have deepened in the hollows. To the west, the topography softens into the expansive, tilled prairie, a vast grid of corn and soybean stalks that rustle with a dry, papery sound under the persistent prairie wind. Allen Creek carves a quiet, unassuming path through the bottomlands just two miles away, its waters moving with a deliberate, muddy gravity that mirrors the slow, seasonal pulse of the region.

Magnolia maintains a quiet, unshowy civility, rooted in the industrious spirit of settlers who sought stability in the deep, dark soil. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of agriculture, an enterprise that dictates the flow of commerce and the quiet conversations at the town’s edge. Beyond the immediate fields, the Sawmill Hollow Wildlife Area offers a sanctuary of timber and brush, providing a stark, untamed contrast to the orderly rows of the surrounding farms. While the Loess Hills State Forest looms eight miles distant as a reminder of the region’s wilder geology, the daily life in Magnolia is marked by a steady, literate focus on the land and the changing colors of the sky. Even the distant, shimmering surface of Smith Lake, nine miles away, serves only as a fleeting, cool punctuation to a landscape otherwise dominated by the warm, terrestrial reach of the plains.

About This Magnolia Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Magnolia, Iowa. Coordinates: 41.695823, -95.876676. 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 Magnolia includes the ZIP code (51550, 51546), telephone area code (641), county seat of Harrison County (Logan), and school district assignment (Logan-Magnolia 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.