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Promise City Iowa Map

Explore Promise City, 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 Promise City, Iowa

How to Use This Promise City, Iowa Map

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

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	Promise City
State	Iowa (IA)
County	Wayne County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	40.747508
Longitude	-93.147152
Population	88
Density	184.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	52583
Area Code	712
County Seat	Corydon
School District	Seymour Community School District

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About Promise City, Iowa

Promise City is a locality in Wayne County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 88. The population density is 184.7 people per km². Promise City is located at 40.7475°N, 93.1472°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Promise City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 52583.

Promise City occupies a quiet expanse of southern Iowa where the horizon stretches wide across fields of corn and soybean, defined by the slow, rhythmic labor of the seasons. It lies 42.8 miles west-southwest of Ottumwa, IA (from Ottumwa, IA: bearing 244°T), and is situated 14.3 miles west of Centerville. Walnut Creek meanders through the landscape just a mile away, its banks providing a subtle, shaded corridor for local wildlife, while the broader, more expansive waters of Rathbun Lake sit only five miles to the north, reflecting the vast, pale sky. The land here possesses a steady, unadorned character, marked by a quality of light at dusk that turns the tilled earth to deep, bruised copper before the shadows settle into the long, cool grass. To the west, the distant silhouette of White Oak Ridge hums against the skyline, a reminder of the geologic patience required to shape this interior country.

Promise City grew from the steady resolve of settlers who saw in this fertile soil a future worth cultivating, establishing a rhythm of life that remains tied to the cycles of harvest and the quiet commerce of the plains. The nearby Rathbun Wildlife Management Area provides a sanctuary for the land’s original inhabitants, drawing those who appreciate the stillness of the prairie as much as the productivity of the farms. Daily life moves with a measured, literate civility, where the neighbors recognize one another in the grain of the day and the shared silence of the fields. While the world may turn on faster axes elsewhere, Promise City sustains a dignity born of long-standing roots and the simple, persistent work of tending to the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Rathbun Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 358° N
Rathbun Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 1.9 mi, 358° N
Rathbun Lake (Recreation Area) — 5.2 mi, 030° NE
Seymour Lake Park (Local Park) — 5.4 mi, 169° S
Bessie's Barn (Attraction) — 8.5 mi, 094° E
Prairie Trails Museum (Museum) — 8.6 mi, 275° W
Wayne County Museum Library (Museum) — 8.6 mi, 275° W
Corydon Lake Park (Local Park) — 9.4 mi, 271° W
Fuller Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 11.3 mi, 074° E
Colyn Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.4 mi, 344° N
Honey Creek State Park (State Park) — 12.8 mi, 052° NE
Honey Creek Resort (State Park) — 14.0 mi, 051° NE
Historical and Coal Mining Museum (Museum) — 14.3 mi, 094° E
Appanoose County Museum and Old Jail (Museum) — 14.3 mi, 093° E
The Majestic Theater (Theatre) — 14.4 mi, 094° E
Medicine Creek Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 15.4 mi, 241° SW
East Lakes (State Recreation Area) — 17.3 mi, 343° N
Map Ref. 41°N 93°W (Public Artwork) — 19.1 mi, 024° NE
Moravia Wabash Depot Museum (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 059° NE
Marion Township History (Monument) — 25.9 mi, 231° SW
Decatur County Freedom Rock (Monument) — 31.4 mi, 269° W
Statue of Liberty (Monument) — 31.4 mi, 269° W
South Crawford School (historical) (Historic Ruins) — 37.4 mi, 153° SE
Slip Bluff Lake Overlook (Viewpoint) — 37.5 mi, 260° W
Osceola Statue (Attraction) — 38.4 mi, 301° NW
Saint John Auditorium (Theatre) — 44.3 mi, 062° NE
Cox-Snow Music Center (Arts Centre) — 46.6 mi, 015° N
Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium (Stadium) — 46.8 mi, 014° N
Klokkenspel (Attraction) — 47.1 mi, 015° N
Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 53.8 mi, 354° N · 12k acres

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