McCausland Iowa Map

About McCausland, Iowa

McCausland is a locality in Scott County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 313. The population density is 218.1 people per km². McCausland is located at 41.7461°N, 90.4432°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. McCausland is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 52758, 52756.

McCausland emerges from the vast, planar expanse of the Iowa prairie where the horizon line remains unbroken by anything save for the occasional silhouette of a grain elevator or the arching canopy of an ancient oak. It lies 14.8 miles west-southwest of Clinton, IA (from Clinton, IA: bearing 243°T), and is situated 9.5 miles northeast of Eldridge. The soil here is deep and dark, a heavy loam that holds the memory of ancient grasses and sustains the endless, rhythmic cycle of corn and soybean fields that define the regional geometry. A mile to the west, the Wapsipinicon River carves a quiet, meandering path through the earth, its slow current reflecting the shifting moods of the sky, from the bruised purples of a gathering storm to the pale, clear gold of late afternoon. Just beyond the edge of the residential grid, the Mccausland Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of tall grasses and native brush, where the air feels sharper and the stillness is punctuated only by the sudden, frantic beat of wings or the rustle of hidden creatures moving through the undergrowth.

McCausland bears the quiet imprint of its nineteenth-century origins, when the arrival of the rail line first anchored the settlement to the broader currents of Midwestern commerce. The local economy persists in a steady, unadorned dialogue with the land, driven by the seasonal demands of agriculture and the maintenance of the infrastructure that supports it. Life here moves at the pace of the harvest, a deliberate tempo that prioritizes the constancy of the seasons over the frantic velocity of larger metropolitan centers. Though the nearest water of any scale is Hagenson Pond, four miles distant, the people of McCausland maintain a grounded, literate civility, often looking toward the intellectual centers of the state to inform their quiet, domestic lives. There is a particular beauty in the way the light lingers over the fields at dusk, bleaching the color from the crops until the land looks like a charcoal sketch, solid and enduring under the immense, darkening vault of the Iowa sky.

About This McCausland Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of McCausland, Iowa. Coordinates: 41.746142, -90.44319. 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 McCausland includes the ZIP code (52758, 52756), telephone area code (712), county seat of Scott County (Davenport), and school district assignment (North Scott 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.