Olds Iowa Map

About Olds, Iowa

Olds is a locality in Henry County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 192. The population density is 217.4 people per km². Olds is located at 41.1342°N, 91.5449°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Olds is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 52647, 52659.

Olds unfolds across a vast, table-flat horizon where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 31.9 miles northwest of Burlington, IA (from Burlington, IA: bearing 315°T), and is situated 11.8 miles north of Mount Pleasant. The landscape around Olds consists of deep, dark soil meticulously divided into the geometric precision of corn and soybean fields that stretch until they blur into the hazy gray of the distant atmosphere. Williams Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the earth just a mile away, its presence marked by the denser growth of hardwoods that break the monotony of the open prairie. When the sun begins its descent, the light catches the dust motes above the tilled furrows, turning the expanse into a shimmering, amber-colored sea of grain that seems to hold the heat of the day long after the shadows lengthen.

History in Olds remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of the harvest and the quiet persistence of those who first broke this heavy sod. The economy functions with the steady, unshowy pulse of agricultural commerce, where every machine shed and grain elevator serves as a silent monument to a heritage built on endurance and seasonal labor. Residents find a brief respite from the labor of the fields at Foster Pond, where the water remains still enough to mirror the clouds, or venture toward the Sockum Ridge Park Trail to find the quietude of the woods. Life here operates with an understated civility, a place where the social fabric is woven from the shared knowledge of the soil and the long, solitary hours spent watching the seasons shift across the plains.

About This Olds Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Olds, Iowa. Coordinates: 41.134191, -91.544883. 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 Olds includes the ZIP code (52647, 52659), telephone area code (712), county seat of Henry County (Mount Pleasant), and school district assignment (WACO 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.