Explore Marengo, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Marengo, 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 Marengo.
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 | Marengo |
| State | Iowa (IA) |
| County | Iowa County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 41.798059 |
| Longitude | -92.070736 |
| Population | 2,435 |
| Density | 444.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 52301 |
| Area Code | 712 |
| County Seat | Marengo |
| School District | Iowa Valley Community School District |
Marengo occupies a wide, level stretch of the Iowa River valley, where the horizon is defined by the persistent, rhythmic geometry of tilled soil and the seasonal shifting of green corn into brittle gold. It lies 24.6 miles west of North Liberty, IA (from North Liberty, IA: bearing 278°T), and is situated 10.0 miles north-northwest of Williamsburg. Sunlight here possesses a peculiar clarity, catching the dust of late summer afternoons and illuminating the expanse of Gateway Park & Preserve, which offers an immediate, quiet reprieve from the surrounding agricultural grid. Beyond the manicured edges of the settlement, the land descends toward the low, brush-lined banks of Big Bear Creek, a waterway that marks the quiet transition between the orderly rows of soybean fields and the deeper, shadowed pockets of local woodland. On the distant western horizon, the faint, hazy silhouette of The Hogback provides a rare vertical anchor to a landscape that otherwise favors the horizontal, demanding a patient, observant eye to appreciate the subtle variations in the earth’s contour.
Marengo emerged from the mid-nineteenth-century push of westward expansion, growing steadily as a central hub for the commerce of the surrounding plains. The local economy remains tethered to the cycles of harvest and market, a legacy of the German and Scandinavian laborers who first broke the prairie sod and established the sturdy, unpretentious brick architecture that defines the central business district. While South Amana Pond sits a short distance away as a reminder of the region’s glacial history, the true character of Marengo is found in the persistent, literate civility of its residents and the unhurried way the day unfolds across its quiet streets. Life here moves in accordance with the weather and the clock of the seasons, maintaining a persistent connection to the land that sustains it, while remaining quietly aware of the intellectual currents circulating through the nearby university corridors.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Marengo, Iowa. Coordinates: 41.798059, -92.070736. 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 Marengo includes the ZIP code (52301), telephone area code (712), county seat of Iowa County (Marengo), and school district assignment (Iowa Valley Community School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |