McClelland Iowa Map

About McClelland, Iowa

McClelland is a locality in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 146. The population density is 206.5 people per km². McClelland is located at 41.3294°N, 95.6839°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. McClelland is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51548.

McClelland occupies a quiet stretch of earth where the horizon is defined by the steady, rhythmic rise and fall of tilled fields. It lies 10.3 miles east-northeast of Council Bluffs, IA (from Council Bluffs, IA: bearing 63°T), and is situated 14.1 miles east-northeast of Omaha. Little Keg Creek carves a shallow, determined path through the dark, loamy soil, its banks providing a narrow green ribbon that breaks the relentless geometry of corn and soybean rows. The light here at dusk possesses a singular, bruised quality, casting long shadows that stretch across the prairie until the land seems to dissolve into the deepening gray of the western sky. While the Loess Hills rise with dramatic intent toward the west, the immediate terrain around McClelland remains grounded in the practical, quiet labor of the plains, where the air smells faintly of turned earth and the persistent, dry rustle of drying stalks.

Agriculture remains the pulse of the local economy, a legacy of the settlers who first measured these acres in sections and quarter-sections. The identity of McClelland is tied to this agrarian heritage, reflecting a stoic, unshowy civility that values the reliability of the harvest over the vanity of grand landmarks. Those seeking the stillness of the natural world often venture five miles to the Smith Wildlife Management Area, where the native grasses offer a glimpse of the landscape as it existed before the plow. Life in McClelland moves at the pace of the seasons, a deliberate, measured existence that finds its own beauty in the stark, honest clarity of the Iowa plains and the quiet endurance of those who work them.

About This McClelland Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of McClelland, Iowa. Coordinates: 41.32944, -95.683896. 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 McClelland includes the ZIP code (51548), telephone area code (641), county seat of Pottawattamie County (Council Bluffs), and school district assignment (Underwood 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.