Volga Iowa Map

About Volga, Iowa

Volga is a locality in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 216. The population density is 130.9 people per km². Volga is located at 42.8047°N, 91.5410°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 52077.

Volga breathes with the quiet dignity of its rolling Iowa landscape, a place where the land itself seems to hold its breath, exhaling in gentle slopes and verdant valleys. It lies 44.7 miles west-south-west of Grant, WI (from Grant, WI: bearing 258°T), and is situated 7.7 miles west-south-west of Elkader. The horizon here is not a sharp line, but a soft, undulating embrace of cultivated fields and scattered woodlands, punctuated by the occasional weathered barn that stands like a sentinel against the vast sweep of sky. In the late afternoon, the sun casts long, golden shadows that stretch and deepen, imbuing the air with a warm, honeyed light that clings to the corn stalks and whispers through the leaves of the oaks. The very air feels clean and carrying, a subtle testament to the open country that surrounds Volga, a place where the quiet hum of insects and the distant call of a crow are the dominant sounds. The history of Volga is a story etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its people and the fertile earth they have worked for generations. Its economy has long been tied to the bounty of the land, with agriculture forming the bedrock of its existence, the rich soil yielding its annual harvests of corn and soybeans. While the rhythms of modern life have certainly touched Volga, a sense of continuity persists, a palpable connection to the generations who cleared the fields and built the homes. The Volga River, a gentle, meandering presence, has always been the lifeblood of this region, its waters a silent witness to the passage of time and the quiet unfolding of life in Volga.

About This Volga Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Volga, Iowa — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 42.804706, -91.540978. 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 Volga and Clayton County.

Detailed location data for Volga includes the ZIP code (52077), telephone area code (712), county seat of Clayton County (Elkader), and school district assignment (Central 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 Volga is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.