Ventura Iowa Map

About Ventura, Iowa

Ventura is a locality in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 733. The population density is 153.7 people per km². Ventura is located at 43.1263°N, 93.4777°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 50428.

Ventura rests in a landscape shaped by the slow, deliberate hand of prairie agriculture, where the land rolls with a gentle, persistent swell, a subtle topography that belies the vastness of the Iowa sky above. It lies 14.1 miles west of Mason City, IA (from Mason City, IA: bearing 262°T), and is situated 5.0 miles west of Clear Lake. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries the mingled scents of drying corn stalks and the faint, earthy perfume of damp soil, a fragrance that seems to settle into the very bones of the place. Fields of soybeans and corn stretch to the horizon, their cultivated geometry a testament to human endeavor against the wilder inclinations of the earth, and the occasional stand of cottonwood trees, their leaves a shimmering silver-green, break the uniformity with a touch of wild grace. The quiet here is not an absence of sound, but a different kind of presence, filled with the hum of distant tractors, the chirping of unseen birds, and the sigh of wind through the tall grasses at the field edges. This corner of Cerro Gordo County, once traversed by nomadic peoples and later by settlers drawn to the fertile soil, has seen its fortunes rise and fall with the cycles of the land. Ventura's early lifeblood was tied to the railroad and the grain elevators that once punctuated the skyline, silent sentinels of a booming agricultural economy. While the direct connection to the iron horse has faded, the spirit of that industrious past persists, evident in the careful upkeep of homes and the quiet pride of its residents. The local economy still leans heavily on the bounty of the surrounding farms, the rhythm of planting and harvest dictating the pace of life. A distinctive feature, a subtle reminder of the region's geological history, can be found in the occasional outcroppings of limestone, remnants of ancient seabeds, which lend a unique texture to the otherwise uniform prairie floor.

About This Ventura Map Page

This page provides an interactive Google map of Ventura, Iowa with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Ventura and Cerro Gordo County.

Detailed location data for Ventura includes the ZIP code (50482), telephone area code (515), county seat of Cerro Gordo County (Mason City), and school district assignment (Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Community School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Ventura is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.