Persia Iowa Map

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.

About This Persia Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Persia, Iowa. Coordinates: 41.57999, -95.56806. 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 Persia includes the ZIP code (51563), telephone area code (641), county seat of Harrison County (Logan), and school district assignment (Tri-Center 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.