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Meservey Iowa Map

Explore Meservey, 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.

Interactive Map of Meservey, Iowa

How to Use This Meservey, Iowa Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Meservey, 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 Meservey.

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	Meservey
State	Iowa (IA)
County	Cerro Gordo County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	42.912744
Longitude	-93.478261
Population	222
Density	57.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50457
Area Code	515
County Seat	Mason City
School District	West Fork Community School District

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About Meservey, Iowa

Meservey is a locality in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 222. The population density is 57.3 people per km². Meservey is located at 42.9127°N, 93.4783°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Meservey is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50457.

Meservey occupies a wide, level expanse of the Iowa prairie where the horizon line remains unbroken by anything save the occasional silo or the straight, uncompromising reach of the regional power lines. It lies 21.7 miles southwest of Mason City, IA (from Mason City, IA: bearing 220°T), and is situated 8.3 miles northeast of Belmond. The sky here possesses an immense, pale clarity, casting a long, unsparing light that defines the geometry of the fields and the stark silhouettes of the grain elevators rising above the grid. Beyond the manicured edges of the village, the land drains toward Ditch Number 57, a quiet artery of the earth that traces the subtle shifts in the soil, while the nearby Railroad ROW serves as a narrow, overgrown sanctuary for native grasses and the persistent, quiet movement of local wildlife. Evenings arrive with a cooling stillness, as the heat of the day lifts from the black dirt to leave the air crisp and clear, smelling faintly of turned earth and the distant, cooling waters of Eldred Sherwood Park Lake.

Meservey carries the steady, methodical weight of its agricultural origins, a place where the economy remains tied to the cycles of corn and soybean harvests that dictate the pulse of every season. The architecture reflects a utilitarian endurance, with sturdy, unadorned dwellings and brick storefronts that have weathered generations of winters, grounding the daily life of residents in a tradition of careful, quiet labor. Though the Franklin Grove Heritage Trail lies some miles away, the sense of movement here is localized and deliberate, favoring the slow accumulation of community knowledge over the frantic pace of larger centers. There is a pervasive, literate civility in how the day concludes, with the shadows of the houses stretching across the pavement and the town settling into a profound, communal silence that feels as deep as the prairie itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Railroad ROW (State Recreation Area) — 1.2 mi, 238° SW
Buffalo Basins Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 176° S
Cerro Gordo County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 3.1 mi, 029° NE
Bailey Creek Waterfowl Production Area (State Resource Management Area) — 3.1 mi, 029° NE
Eldred Sherwood Park (Local Park) — 4.4 mi, 293° NW
Goodell Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.7 mi, 291° W
Eldred Sherwood Timber (Local Park) — 4.9 mi, 294° NW
Upper Grove Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 289° W
Union Hills Waterfowl Production Area (State Resource Management Area) — 6.5 mi, 018° N
Jenison-Meacham Memorial Art Center and Museum (Museum) — 6.7 mi, 251° W
Belmond Historical Museum (Museum) — 8.3 mi, 236° SW
Wright County Waterfowl Production Area Of Ia (Resource Management Area) — 9.3 mi, 233° SW
Clear Lake State Park (State Park) — 14.1 mi, 016° N
Beed's Lake State Park (State Park) — 14.8 mi, 131° SE
Liberty School Museum (Museum) — 16.2 mi, 277° W
National Register of Historic Places (Monument) — 16.3 mi, 016° N
Three Stars Monument (Monument) — 16.3 mi, 016° N
Quasdorf Wagon, Machine and Blacksmith Shop Museum (Museum) — 17.5 mi, 184° S
Franklin County Historical Museum (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 132° SE
Dows Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock (Monument) — 17.8 mi, 183° S
Harmony in Light (Public Artwork) — 21.5 mi, 041° NE
Mason City Communit Theatre (Theatre) — 21.6 mi, 041° NE
Rancho Deluxe (Attraction) — 22.0 mi, 041° NE
Winnebago Trail (Nature Reserve) — 23.0 mi, 039° NE
Brewery (Historic Ruins) — 23.8 mi, 038° NE
Odvin Hagen Music Center (Arts Centre) — 25.6 mi, 341° N
Watts Theater (Cinema) — 42.3 mi, 052° NE
Grand Theatre (Cinema) — 42.8 mi, 153° SE
Hawkeye Community Theater (Theatre) — 45.3 mi, 232° SW
Boneyard Hollow (Attraction) — 46.8 mi, 221° SW

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