Quimby Iowa Map

About Quimby, Iowa

Quimby is a locality in Cherokee County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 249. The population density is 236.2 people per km². Quimby is located at 42.6303°N, 95.6420°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Quimby is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51049.

Quimby occupies a stretch of fertile earth where the Little Sioux River carves a deliberate, winding path through the heavy soil of the upper Midwest. It lies 22.0 miles west of Storm Lake, IA (from Storm Lake, IA: bearing 268°T), and is situated 9.4 miles south-southwest of Cherokee. The horizon here is defined by the expansive, rhythmic geometry of tilled fields, where the dark, rich dirt of the prairie meets an immense sky that seems to press down with the changing weight of the seasons. To the west, the landscape begins to gather itself into the subtle, structural folds of the Loess Hills, while the nearby Harold Clark Area offers a quiet refuge of native grasses and timber. During the long, bruised-purple hours of dusk, the light catches the silvered stalks of corn and soybean, casting long, lean shadows that stretch toward the riverbanks and lend the land a sense of ancient, undisturbed patience.

Quimby grew from the expansion of the rails and the stubborn labor of those who saw the potential in the thick, black loam, establishing an economy anchored firmly in the cycles of harvest and seasonal growth. The rhythm of daily life is measured by the steady hum of machinery and the passing of grain trucks that move like heavy, slow-moving vessels through the grid of local roads. While the nearest significant body of water, Storm Lake, lies twenty miles away, the community remains oriented toward the immediate, terrestrial character of its own geography, occasionally looking toward the prominent rise of Pilot Rock as a steady, enduring landmark on the periphery. There is a quiet, literate civility in the way the residents maintain their properties and organize their days, a legacy of the German and Scandinavian settlers who built their lives on the premise that a hard day’s work under an open sky is its own reward.

About This Quimby Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Quimby, Iowa. Coordinates: 42.630264, -95.641952. 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 Quimby includes the ZIP code (51049), telephone area code (563), county seat of Cherokee County (Cherokee), and school district assignment (River Valley 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.