Tingley Iowa Map

About Tingley, Iowa

Tingley is a locality in Ringgold County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 136. The population density is 76.7 people per km². Tingley is located at 40.8528°N, 94.1952°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Tingley is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50863.

Tingley sits amidst the expansive, undulating plains where the horizon stretches wide, marked by the steady, rhythmic labor of the seasonal harvest. It lies 48.2 miles southwest of Indianola, IA (from Indianola, IA: bearing 224°T), and is situated 16.7 miles south-southeast of Creston. Crooked Creek carves a quiet, meandering path through the earth nearby, its banks fringed with wild grasses that lean into the current, while the light at dusk settles over the fields in a soft, bruised purple hue. The landscape remains dominated by the reach of cultivated earth, where the soil holds the warmth of the sun long after the shadows have lengthened. A mile from the center, ONeil Park offers a small, steady patch of reprieve from the vastness of the surrounding farmland, providing a place where the wind catches the leaves of native trees in a low, constant hum.

Tingley maintains a character forged by the persistent, industrious spirit of early settlers who found purpose in the fertile soil and the reliable passage of the seasons. The local economy remains tethered to the productivity of the land, with the cycles of corn and soybean production dictating the pace of life for those who reside here. Residents often look toward Sun Valley Lake, five miles distant, as a point of local interest where the water reflects the expansive sky, offering a contrast to the geometric precision of the adjacent fields. There is an unshowy, pragmatic civility here, a sense that history is not a thing kept in books but a quiet weight carried in the calloused hands of those who continue to work the ground that sustains the region.

About This Tingley Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Tingley, Iowa. Coordinates: 40.85277, -94.195231. 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 Tingley includes the ZIP code (50863), telephone area code (319), county seat of Ringgold County (Mount Ayr), and school district assignment (Mount Ayr 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.