Numa Iowa Map

About Numa, Iowa

Numa is a locality in Appanoose County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 68. The population density is 58.9 people per km². Numa is located at 40.6881°N, 92.9780°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Numa is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 52544.

Numa sits amidst an expanse of tilled earth where the horizon stretches flat and wide, broken only by the silhouettes of grain elevators and the occasional stand of timber. It lies 37.5 miles southwest of Ottumwa, IA (from Ottumwa, IA: bearing 232°T), and is situated 6.3 miles west-southwest of Centerville. Cooper Creek carves a thin, darkened ribbon through the periphery of the fields, its banks shaded by sycamores that catch the pale, amber light of late afternoon. Beyond the immediate rows of soybean and corn, the terrain shifts into the subtle, rhythmic swells of the prairie, a landscape that demands a quiet attention to the changing colors of the seasons. To the far west, the distant reach of the White Oak Ridge offers a faint, jagged suggestion of elevation, though here the ground remains grounded and vast, defined by the slow drift of clouds over the open plain.

Numa persists as a quiet testament to the enduring labor of those who broke the sod and organized the early agrarian life of the region. The economy remains tethered to the quality of the soil and the cycles of the harvest, echoing the traditions of settlers who arrived with deep roots in Scandinavian and German craftsmanship. Residents often find their way to the Upper City Reservoir for a moment of stillness, as the water provides a reflective pause in the steady, industrious work of the day. Life in Numa moves with a deliberate, unadorned civility, where the weight of history is felt not in monuments, but in the enduring patterns of the families who continue to work the land under the expansive, clear Iowa sky.

About This Numa Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Numa, Iowa. Coordinates: 40.688068, -92.97798. 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 Numa includes the ZIP code (52544), telephone area code (712), county seat of Appanoose County (Centerville), and school district assignment (Centerville 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.