Palo Iowa Map

About Palo, Iowa

Palo is a locality in Linn County, Iowa, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,407. The population density is 492.1 people per km². Palo is located at 42.0661°N, 91.7955°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Palo is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 52324.

Palo occupies a quiet stretch of the Iowa prairie where the horizon remains broad and unbroken, save for the rhythmic rise of the land. It lies 8.7 miles west-northwest of Cedar Rapids, IA (from Cedar Rapids, IA: bearing 297°T), and is situated 6.2 miles west-northwest of Hiawatha. Dry Creek carves a shallow, deliberate path through the earth here, its waters carving a subtle boundary that defines the local topography. Only a mile away, the surface of Mud Lake reflects the changing sky, appearing as a dark, still eye in the landscape. To the west, the distant shadow of The Hogback rises against the light, marking the boundary of the terrain. Palo Memorial Park offers an open expanse of green, a place where the wind carries the scent of turned soil and the stillness of the plains settles into the marrow of the afternoon.

Palo remains anchored to the patterns of the agrarian cycle, with the surrounding fields acting as the primary engine for the local economy. The heritage of the settlers who worked this ground persists in the sturdy, unadorned architecture and the deliberate, measured pace of daily affairs. Life in Palo follows the long, golden shadows cast by the sun as it drifts over the corn and soybean rows, a cycle that demands both patience and a quiet, sustained attention to the season at hand. There is a specific, muted dignity in how the residents maintain their routines, a sense of belonging to a land that requires little from those who live upon it other than the labor of the day and a respect for the vast, open space that surrounds them.

About This Palo Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Palo, Iowa. Coordinates: 42.066108, -91.795458. 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 Palo includes the ZIP code (52324), telephone area code (712), county seat of Linn County (Cedar Rapids), and school district assignment (Cedar Rapids 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.