Sloan Iowa Map

About Sloan, Iowa

Sloan is a locality in Woodbury County, Iowa, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,042. The population density is 696.1 people per km². Sloan is located at 42.2328°N, 96.2281°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Sloan is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51055.

Sloan occupies a quiet expanse of the Missouri River valley, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under an immense, pale sky. It lies 20.5 miles south-southeast of Sioux City, IA (from Sioux City, IA: bearing 154°T), and is situated 19.2 miles south-southeast of South Sioux City. The landscape around Sloan is defined by the heavy, fertile soil of the plains, punctuated by the sharp verticality of corn stalks in late summer and the rhythmic geometry of tilled earth that turns a deep, bruised purple after the autumn rains. To the west, the Loess Hills rise like a sudden, solidified wave, their wind-blown silt ridges casting long, soft shadows that stretch across the fields as the sun dips low. Nearby, the water of Sand Hill Lake Ditch moves with a slow, deliberate gravity, carving a narrow vein through the silt, while the protected acreage of Lakeport Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary where tall grasses sway in unison, undisturbed by the mechanical hum of the highway.

Generations of families have anchored their lives to this soil, tracing a history that follows the patient cycles of planting and harvest. Agriculture remains the primary engine of the local economy, a disciplined industry of soybeans and corn that dictates the pace of the seasons and the quiet, unshowy industry of the people. Beyond the immediate reach of the silos and grain elevators, the land folds toward distant, subtle depressions like Cottonwood Hollow, while the quiet surface of Badger Lake reflects the passing of migratory birds and the cooling light of dusk. Life in Sloan maintains a literate, sturdy civility, a place where the weight of the past is felt not in monuments, but in the enduring attention paid to the land and the steady, reliable turn of a world that values the harvest above all else.

About This Sloan Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sloan, Iowa. Coordinates: 42.232769, -96.228079. 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 Sloan includes the ZIP code (51055), telephone area code (563), county seat of Woodbury County (Sioux City), and school district assignment (Westwood 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.