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Persia Iowa Map

Explore Persia, 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 Persia, Iowa

How to Use This Persia, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	41.57999
Longitude	-95.56806
Population	297
Density	228.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	51563
Area Code	641
County Seat	Logan
School District	Tri-Center Community School District

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About Persia, Iowa

Persia is a locality in Harrison County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 297. The population density is 228.9 people per km². Persia is located at 41.5800°N, 95.5681°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Persia is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51563.

Persia occupies a quiet fold in the Loess Hills, where the horizon stretches into a vast, undulating expanse of tilled earth that holds the sun’s warmth long after the shadows lengthen. It lies 26.7 miles northeast of Council Bluffs, IA (from Council Bluffs, IA: bearing 35°T), and is situated 13.5 miles west-southwest of Harlan. Mosquito Creek cuts a shallow, persistent path through the valley floor, its banks lined with the tangled, silver-barked brush that thrives in the moisture of the lowlands. The air here carries the scent of turned soil and dried corn husks, a thin, crisp clarity that sharpens the edges of the barns and silos standing watch over the fields. A mile to the west, Schley Park offers a small, steady sanctuary of green, providing a vantage point to watch the slow, seasonal migration of light across the soybean rows.

Persia grew from the steady labor of those who broke the stubborn prairie sod, building a life defined by the reliable turning of the seasons and the demands of the harvest. The economy remains rooted in the deep, dark loam that yields the grain, a cycle of commerce and community that hums with the persistence of a local tradition. Those who seek a longer path through the landscape often travel the short distance to the Rock Island Old Stone Arch Trail, where the remnants of earlier engineering stand as silent markers of a different pace. Life in Persia moves with the unforced cadence of a place that understands its own scale, neither rushing to meet the world nor retreating from the honest, quiet work of the day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Schley Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 090° E
Arrowhead Park (Local Park) — 9.8 mi, 186° S
B-B Town Ball Field (Attraction) — 10.5 mi, 248° W
Washington Township One-Room Schoolhouse Museum (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 026° NE
Mouth of Nickinabockina Cutoff Ditch (Attraction) — 12.1 mi, 063° NE
State Savings Bank/Harrison Mutual Ins. Association (Attraction) — 12.1 mi, 291° W
Woodbine Grain Elevator (Attraction) — 12.7 mi, 327° NW
Shelby County Historical Museum (Museum) — 13.4 mi, 068° E
Museum of Religious Arts (Museum) — 13.4 mi, 281° W
Vet's Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 13.4 mi, 070° E
Old Town Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 15.1 mi, 255° W
Prairie Rose State Park (State Park) — 17.4 mi, 086° E
Walnut Creek Historical Museum (Museum) — 19.2 mi, 111° E
Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.3 mi, 244° SW · 7,936 acres
Nishna Heritage Museum (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 155° SE
Desoto National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.7 mi, 265° W · 16k acres
Lewis and Clark Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 21.7 mi, 246° SW
Smith Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 21.8 mi, 212° SW
Loess Hills State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 21.9 mi, 312° NW
Wilson Island State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 23.1 mi, 254° W
Word of Honor (Monument) — 24.1 mi, 186° S
Treynor High School Auditorium (Arts Centre) — 24.2 mi, 185° S
Lewis and Clark Monument Park (Viewpoint) — 24.3 mi, 218° SW
Mondamin Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 25.1 mi, 291° W
Kinsman Monument (Monument) — 25.8 mi, 215° SW
Council Bluffs Riverfront (State Recreation Area) — 26.1 mi, 218° SW
Moorhead Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 27.8 mi, 328° NW
Ruth Sokolof Theater (Cinema) — 28.8 mi, 221° SW
Lake Manawa State Park (State Park) — 29.4 mi, 209° SW
Three Rivers Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 29.8 mi, 302° NW

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