Pisgah Iowa Map

About Pisgah, Iowa

Pisgah is a locality in Harrison County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 249. The population density is 97.4 people per km². Pisgah is located at 41.8314°N, 95.9256°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Pisgah is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51564.

Pisgah anchors a landscape defined by the persistent, rhythmic cutting of Cobb Creek as it carves through the earth toward the horizon. It lies 39.5 miles north of Council Bluffs, IA (from Council Bluffs, IA: bearing 355°T), and is situated 16.1 miles south-southeast of Onawa. The terrain here rises in sudden, wind-blown ridges, part of the Loess Hills State Forest that presses against the western edge of the settlement with thick, tangled corridors of oak and hickory. When the light leans low in the late afternoon, the silty soil takes on a pale, bruised gold hue, illuminating the deep cuts in the ground where the wind has shaped the land into a series of steep, grassy bluffs. The air carries the dry, earthen scent of a vast interior, far removed from any rising water, save for the modest, quiet presence of Smith Lake resting six miles to the east.

Pisgah stands as a quiet testament to the labor of those who broke the prairie sod, turning the expansive, fertile plains into a grid of soybean and corn that dictates the local economy and the slow, seasonal pulse of the year. The heritage of the families who settled these fields remains etched in the unshowy, literate civility of the people, who maintain a steady, industrious pace between the harvests. Daily life moves in alignment with the demands of the soil, grounded in a history of Scandinavian and German resilience that favors direct action over ornament. Walking through the quiet streets, one finds a place that does not seek attention, but instead finds a profound, solitary beauty in the way the shadows lengthen across the tilled fields at the end of a long, productive day.

About This Pisgah Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pisgah, Iowa. Coordinates: 41.831377, -95.925566. 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 Pisgah includes the ZIP code (51564), telephone area code (641), county seat of Harrison County (Logan), and school district assignment (West Harrison 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.