Yarmouth Iowa Map

About Yarmouth, Iowa

Yarmouth is a locality in Des Moines County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 61. The population density is 13.8 people per km². Yarmouth is located at 41.0264°N, 91.3235°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 52660.

Yarmouth occupies a quiet expanse of the Iowa plains where the horizon stretches thin and flat beneath a sky that seems to possess more gravity than the earth itself. It lies 18.7 miles northwest of Burlington, IA (from Burlington, IA: bearing 324°T), and is situated 7.9 miles north-northeast of New London. The landscape around Yarmouth remains defined by the patient, seasonal labor of the plow, where vast, geometric fields of corn and soybeans absorb the heavy light of mid-afternoon. Only a mile away, Big Creek marks the land with a slow, muddy persistence, its banks lined with the tangled, silver-barked timber that guards the drainage of the fields. During the height of summer, the air here holds a deep, vegetative warmth, smelling faintly of turned soil and the dry, sweet dust that rises from the gravel roads.

Agriculture has anchored the local economy since the earliest settlers arrived to break the stubborn prairie sod, leaving behind a legacy of resilience that persists in the quiet maintenance of fence lines and grain silos. Yarmouth maintains a steady, internal rhythm, far removed from the louder currents of the state’s urban centers, yet connected to the wider world through the heavy freight of the harvest. For those seeking the slower pace of the outdoors, the Hoover Nature Trail provides a corridor of transition six miles away, offering a passage through the regional flora that feels untouched by the machinery of the farm. Even the distant, shimmering surface of East Lake, sitting eleven miles out, serves as a reminder of the quiet, inland water that sustains the character of this corner of the state.

About This Yarmouth Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Yarmouth, Iowa. Coordinates: 41.026421, -91.323486. 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 Yarmouth includes the ZIP code (52660), telephone area code (712), county seat of Des Moines County (Burlington), and school district assignment (Mediapolis 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.