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Moulton Iowa Map

Explore Moulton, 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 Moulton, Iowa

How to Use This Moulton, Iowa Map

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

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	Moulton
State	Iowa (IA)
County	Appanoose County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	40.685853
Longitude	-92.677415
Population	607
Density	231.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	52572
Area Code	712
County Seat	Centerville
School District	Moulton-Udell Community School District

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About Moulton, Iowa

Moulton is a locality in Appanoose County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 607. The population density is 231.1 people per km². Moulton is located at 40.6859°N, 92.6774°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Moulton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 52572.

Moulton emerges from the quiet intersection of prairie soil and the steady, narrow path of South Fox Creek. It lies 27.0 miles south-southwest of Ottumwa, IA (from Ottumwa, IA: bearing 211°T), and is situated 10.8 miles east-southeast of Centerville. The landscape surrounding Moulton spreads outward in a vast, rhythmic swell of tilled fields, where the dark, loamy earth catches the low-slung light of late afternoon, casting long, bruised shadows across the rows of corn and soybeans. Beyond the immediate horizon, the faint, hazy silhouette of White Oak Ridge marks the distance, a reminder of the tectonic weight that shaped these plains. Three miles away, the Sedan Bottoms Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary for reeds and wading birds, while the waters of Old Channel wait in stillness, held in the quiet hollows of the landscape like a memory of a wetter season.

Expansion and settlement brought to Moulton the industrious spirit of those who sought to master the heavy soil, leaving a legacy of brick storefronts and homes that hold the heat of the sun long after the evening chill descends. The local economy remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest, a persistent commerce that hums with the mechanical pulse of combines and the steady movement of grain through the elevators. There is a perceptible dignity in the way the morning air carries the scent of damp earth and diesel, an unshowy civility that defines the daily labor of the people who call this place home. Life here moves according to the turning of the seasons, a slow and deliberate passage of time that honors the resilience of the land and the quiet, persistent work of those who tend it.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Moulton Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 0.4 mi, 006° N
Sedan Bottoms Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 224° SW
Sharon Bluffs State Park (Local Park) — 6.6 mi, 290° W
Rebel's Cove Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.5 mi, 182° S
Stephens State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 8.6 mi, 010° N
Lake Wapello State Park (State Park) — 8.9 mi, 025° NE
The Majestic Theater (Theatre) — 10.8 mi, 288° W
Historical and Coal Mining Museum (Museum) — 10.8 mi, 287° W
Appanoose County Museum and Old Jail (Museum) — 10.9 mi, 289° W
Upper City Reservoir (Local Park) — 11.1 mi, 279° W
Unknown Ball Park (Local Recreation) — 11.7 mi, 290° W
Rathbun Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 13.9 mi, 314° NW
Davis County Historical Museum (Museum) — 14.5 mi, 072° E
Rathbun Lake (Recreation Area) — 14.5 mi, 317° NW
Ross Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 14.9 mi, 245° SW
McGowen Recreation & Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 15.0 mi, 074° E
Moravia Wabash Depot Museum (Museum) — 16.2 mi, 332° NW
Bessie's Barn (Attraction) — 16.5 mi, 283° W
Honey Creek State Park (State Park) — 17.1 mi, 315° NW
Gone West Memorial (Monument) — 20.8 mi, 013° N
Steam locomotive (Monument) — 26.8 mi, 031° NE
Map Ref. 41°N 93°W (Public Artwork) — 27.5 mi, 322° NW
Saint John Auditorium (Theatre) — 28.9 mi, 031° NE
Curtis King (Monument) — 29.6 mi, 016° N
South Crawford School (historical) (Historic Ruins) — 30.3 mi, 195° S
Gallery 104 (Gallery) — 34.3 mi, 172° S
Truman State Art Gallery (Gallery) — 34.7 mi, 172° S
Cox-Snow Music Center (Arts Centre) — 51.0 mi, 346° N
Klokkenspel (Attraction) — 51.3 mi, 346° N
Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium (Stadium) — 51.4 mi, 345° N

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