Minburn Iowa Map

About Minburn, Iowa

Minburn is a locality in Dallas County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 325. The population density is 492.1 people per km². Minburn is located at 41.7564°N, 94.0275°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Minburn is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50167.

Minburn anchors itself firmly amidst the expansive, rhythmic geometry of the Iowa plains, where the horizon stretches into a wide, pale blue vault above endless rows of corn and soybeans. It lies 12.4 miles northwest of Waukee, IA (from Waukee, IA: bearing 324°T), and is situated 7.0 miles southeast of Perry. The land here remains stubbornly flat, a vast table of rich, black soil that absorbs the amber glow of late afternoon with a heavy, fertile patience. Only a mile away, the Voas Nature Area offers a quiet sanctuary of prairie grasses and native flora, providing a sharp, wild contrast to the disciplined grids of the surrounding fields. The North Raccoon River traces a slow, serpentine path just two miles to the west, its waters cutting through the loam with a quiet persistence that has defined this terrain for millennia. While the distant Buffalo Ridge creates a faint, jagged suggestion of elevation on the far horizon, Minburn remains defined by the intimate scale of its own quiet, wind-brushed plains.

Minburn emerged as a waypoint for the burgeoning rail lines that once channeled the harvest of the prairies toward distant markets, establishing an economy tethered to the seasonal cycles of grain and growth. The architecture of the grain elevator serves as a vertical landmark, a stark, functional monolith that stands as a silent witness to the town's agricultural identity. Life in Minburn moves in step with the machinery of the field, marked by the steady hum of tractors and the periodic migration of heavy trucks along the arterial roads. Residents maintain a reserved, unshowy civility, holding to a heritage that values hard work and the shared labor of the harvest. Even as the modern world accelerates, Minburn retains a deliberate, steady pace, reflecting a culture that measures time not in minutes, but in the gradual turning of the seasons and the enduring resilience of the soil.

About This Minburn Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Minburn, Iowa. Coordinates: 41.756376, -94.027454. 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 Minburn includes the ZIP code (50167), telephone area code (515), county seat of Dallas County (Adel), and school district assignment (Adel-De Soto-Minburn 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.