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Weldon Iowa Map

Explore Weldon, Iowa, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Weldon, Iowa

How to Use This Weldon, Iowa Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Weldon, Iowa. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Iowa or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Weldon.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Weldon
State	Iowa (IA)
County	Decatur County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	40.897499
Longitude	-93.734942
Population	136
Density	270.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50264
Area Code	515
County Seat	Leon
School District	Clarke Community School District

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About Weldon, Iowa

Weldon is a locality in Decatur County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 136. The population density is 270.7 people per km². Weldon is located at 40.8975°N, 93.7349°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Weldon is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50264.

Weldon occupies a quiet expanse of the Iowa interior, where the horizon stretches toward a vast, cloud-dappled sky that seems to contain the entire world. It lies 33.1 miles south-southwest of Indianola, IA (from Indianola, IA: bearing 196°T), and is situated 9.6 miles south of Osceola. The landscape unfolds in a methodical progression of tilled fields, where the dark, fertile soil yields to the gentle, rhythmic undulations of the prairie. Weldon Creek meanders just a mile from the center, its banks lined with brush and sycamore that catch the low, amber light of late afternoon, signaling the change of seasons across the open plains. Beyond the immediate reach of the township, the land remains largely untamed at the Turkey Ridge Wildlife Area, where the grasses sway in the wind like a silent, golden tide.

Weldon preserves a sense of endurance inherited from the early settlers who broke this ground to cultivate corn and soybeans, establishing an economy tethered to the cycles of the harvest. Life here moves with a deliberate, unadorned precision, reflecting a heritage that values the quiet dignity of labor and the steady accumulation of years. While the Stephens State Forest - White Breast Unit sits thirteen miles away as a reminder of the region's deeper timbered roots, the daily concerns of the residents remain focused on the local yields and the preservation of their modest, sturdy architecture. Even as the modern world shifts, the people of Weldon maintain a literate, unshowy civility, finding a particular beauty in the way the twilight deepens the color of the fallow fields before the first stars emerge over the Iowa plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Turkey Ridge Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 4.2 mi, 007° N
Red Fern Timber Reserve (Local Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 351° N
Little River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.1 mi, 195° S
Dekalb Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 234° SW
Kobville Park (Local Park) — 6.6 mi, 159° S
Stephens State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 7.6 mi, 057° NE
The Mormon Trail / Utopian Experiments in Southern Iowa (Monument) — 8.6 mi, 338° N
Little River County Park (Local Park) — 8.7 mi, 194° S
Osceola Statue (Attraction) — 9.5 mi, 346° N
Decatur County Freedom Rock (Monument) — 10.8 mi, 183° S
Statue of Liberty (Monument) — 10.9 mi, 183° S
Oxbow Overlook (Viewpoint) — 17.7 mi, 201° S
Nine Eagles State Park (State Park) — 19.5 mi, 185° S
Lucas County Museum (Museum) — 23.2 mi, 069° E
Wayne County Museum Library (Museum) — 24.2 mi, 113° SE
Prairie Trails Museum (Museum) — 24.2 mi, 113° SE
Red Haw State Park (State Park) — 24.4 mi, 074° E
East Lakes (State Recreation Area) — 25.2 mi, 073° E
Williamson School Museum (Museum) — 28.3 mi, 062° NE
Belinda Toy and Antique Museum (Museum) — 32.8 mi, 059° NE
Painted Pony (Gallery) — 33.3 mi, 016° N
John Wayne (Public Artwork) — 33.4 mi, 334° NW
Black Box Theatre (Theatre) — 33.6 mi, 015° N
Carver Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 33.6 mi, 015° N
Union County Freedom Rock (Attraction) — 35.2 mi, 287° W
Bessie's Barn (Attraction) — 40.7 mi, 105° E
Giraffe Feeding (Attraction) — 43.3 mi, 008° N
Fleur Cinema & Cafe (Theatre) — 44.9 mi, 006° N
Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 49.7 mi, 027° NE · 12k acres
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 50.5 mi, 029° NE · 12k acres

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