Comstock Minnesota Map

About Comstock, Minnesota

Comstock is a locality in Clay County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 100. The population density is 167.9 people per km². Comstock is located at 46.6594°N, 96.7484°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Comstock is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56525.

Comstock emerges from the vast, flat expanse of the Red River Valley as a quiet study in geometry and horizon. It lies 14.8 miles south of Moorhead, MN (from Moorhead, MN: bearing 176°T), and is situated 15.2 miles south of Fargo. The land here is defined by an uncompromising flatness, where the sky claims more territory than the earth, stretching in a wide, pale dome over fields that hold the color of dried wheat or deep, turned loam depending on the season. A mile away, Wolverton Creek trace a thin, meandering line through the silt, its banks often obscured by the tall grasses that sway in the persistent prairie wind. To the west, the subtle depressions of the landscape hint at the ancient glacial lake beds that dictate the drainage and rhythm of the soil, while the distant, low-lying features of Nyqist Coulee offer a slight deviation from the otherwise singular, unbroken plain.

Comstock maintains an economy deeply tethered to the rhythmic demands of the harvest, where the silos serve as the primary architecture of the skyline. The heritage of the area is built upon the persistent labor of generations who broke the heavy clay soil, leaving behind a culture that values endurance and the quiet satisfaction of a completed task. Residents often venture toward Rutten Family Park for a reprieve in the open air, or travel the sixteen miles toward the stillness of Blue Eagle Lake when the summer heat settles heavily over the crops. Life in Comstock follows the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons, characterized by the biting clarity of winter air and the sudden, vibrant intensity of growth that arrives with the spring thaw.

About This Comstock Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Comstock, Minnesota. Coordinates: 46.659407, -96.748414. 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 Comstock includes the ZIP code (56525), telephone area code (320), county seat of Clay County (Moorhead), and school district assignment (Barnesville Public 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.