Middle Amana Iowa Map

About Middle Amana, Iowa

Middle Amana is a locality in Iowa County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 683. The population density is 293.5 people per km². Middle Amana is located at 41.7956°N, 91.8996°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 52307.

Middle Amana rests in a shallow valley, a gentle dip in the Iowa landscape where the land breathes a quiet, rolling expanse. It lies 19.7 miles south-west of Cedar Rapids, IA (from Cedar Rapids, IA: bearing 222°T), and is situated 8.8 miles east of Marengo. The fields, a patchwork of deep green corn and the paler gold of ripening soybeans, stretch towards a horizon that feels both vast and intimately present, the sky above a pale, washed blue that can, on certain afternoons, deepen to a bruised, spectacular indigo. The air here carries the scent of damp earth after a rain, a subtle sweetness mingling with the fainter, sharper tang of cut grass. The houses, their clapboard siding weathered to a soft grey or a muted barn red, line streets that seem to invite a leisurely stroll, their porch swings swaying with a barely perceptible motion, as if remembering a breeze long past. The terrain itself is not dramatic, but possesses a comforting solidity, the kind of land that feels dependable, yielding its bounty without struggle. This particular stretch of Iowa County was settled by a group of German Pietists seeking refuge and a communal life, and that spirit of shared endeavor still hums beneath the surface of Middle Amana. The Amana Colonies, of which Middle Amana is a part, were once a series of seven villages, each with its own specialty, and remnants of that industrious past are visible in the sturdy brick buildings that housed workshops and communal kitchens. The local economy, once deeply rooted in agriculture and artisanal crafts like woodworking and wool processing, has evolved, but a respect for tradition and quality persists. Visitors often remark on the palpable sense of history, not as a museum piece, but as a living current that flows through the quiet streets and informs the character of Middle Amana, a place where the past is not forgotten, but rather folded into the ongoing narrative of daily life.

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Detailed location data for Middle Amana includes the ZIP code (52307), telephone area code (712), county seat of Iowa County (Marengo), and school district assignment (Clear Creek-Amana Community School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Middle Amana is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.