Wallingford Iowa Map

About Wallingford, Iowa

Wallingford is a locality in Emmet County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 165. The population density is 64.5 people per km². Wallingford is located at 43.3197°N, 94.7928°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Wallingford is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51365.

Wallingford emerges from the flat, horizon-spanning expanse of the Iowa prairie, where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 21.6 miles northeast of Spencer, IA (from Spencer, IA: bearing 55°T), and is situated 6.0 miles south-southeast of Estherville. The landscape around Wallingford is defined by the steady, rhythmic geometry of tilled fields, where the dark, fertile soil yields to the seasonal transition of emerald corn and the pale gold of ripening soybeans. Only a mile away, the Des Moines River cuts a subtle, meandering path through the terrain, its banks lined with the quiet persistence of native cottonwoods and willows. A few miles further, the waters of Bur Oak Lake provide a still, reflective counterpoint to the vast openness of the plains, while the nearby Peterson Access offers a modest, unadorned gateway to the wilder pockets of the local ecosystem.

The economic pulse of Wallingford beats in time with the harvest, rooted in a history of agricultural industry that has long defined the character of its inhabitants. Descendants of Scandinavian and German settlers maintain a culture of quiet, pragmatic industry, where the pride of a well-tended farmstead speaks louder than any public proclamation. Daily life in Wallingford moves with an unforced cadence, dictated by the turning of the seasons and the demands of the soil that anchors the region. There is a particular clarity to the light during the late afternoon, catching the dust motes above the fields and casting long, sharp shadows across the grain elevators that serve as the silent sentinels of the local landscape.

About This Wallingford Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wallingford, Iowa. Coordinates: 43.319682, -94.792762. 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 Wallingford includes the ZIP code (51365), telephone area code (563), county seat of Emmet County (Estherville), and school district assignment (Estherville Lincoln Central 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.