Spragueville Iowa Map

About Spragueville, Iowa

Spragueville is a locality in Jackson County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 92. The population density is 47.7 people per km². Spragueville is located at 42.0725°N, 90.4351°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Spragueville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 52074.

Spragueville emerges from the broad, undulating expanse of the Iowa driftless region where the horizon is defined by the deep, rhythmic swells of tilled earth. It lies 20.2 miles northwest of Clinton, IA (from Clinton, IA: bearing 321°T), and is situated 11.8 miles east of Maquoketa. The landscape around Spragueville is shaped by the persistent flow of the Maquoketa River, which carves a quiet, serpentine path through the limestone bluffs just a mile away, feeding the lush bottomlands that hold the morning mist long after the sun has climbed the sky. To the west, the distant silhouette of Terrapin Ridge anchors the view, while the local terrain is marked by the Jackson County Recreation Trail, a corridor of quiet passage that invites the observant traveler to witness the seasonal turning of the prairie grasses.

Settlement in this corner of the state mirrors the quiet endurance of the soil, grounded in a heritage of agrarian diligence that remains the heartbeat of the local economy. Beyond the immediate reach of the Jackson County Recreational Trail, the land is organized into vast, productive grids of corn and soybean, a testament to a long-standing tradition of cultivation that defines the character of the people. Life in Spragueville maintains a deliberate pace, punctuated by the seasonal machinery of harvest and the subtle changes in the light as it catches the golden stubble of the fields. Though Eggers Hollow lies six miles distant and Goose Lake rests seven miles to the north, the focus here remains fixed on the immediate, tangible richness of the earth and the unshowy, literate civility of a life lived close to the land.

About This Spragueville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Spragueville, Iowa. Coordinates: 42.072523, -90.435131. 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 Spragueville includes the ZIP code (52074), telephone area code (712), county seat of Jackson County (Maquoketa), and school district assignment (Easton 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.