Correll Minnesota Map

About Correll, Minnesota

Correll is a locality in Big Stone County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 26. The population density is 26.3 people per km². Correll is located at 45.2308°N, 96.1595°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Correll is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56227.

Correll marks the horizon with a quiet, persistent geometry of grain elevators and flat, expansive fields that stretch toward the edges of the sky. It lies 54.9 miles west of Willmar, MN (from Willmar, MN: bearing 278°T), and is situated 14.8 miles east-southeast of Ortonville. The earth here is a deep, dark loam, shaped by the slow retreat of glaciers into a vast prairie that feels infinite under the high, pale light of late afternoon. Only two miles away, the Minnesota River winds through the lowlands, its presence marked by a shift in vegetation and the sudden, sharp scent of damp soil. To the east, the landscape retains a stillness that feels ancient, punctuated only by the distant, hazy silhouette of Big Tom Hill rising sixteen miles off. In the cooler months, the air grows thin and crisp, carrying the promise of the long, deep winters that define the rhythm of the plains.

Correll emerged from the expansion of the railways, serving as a vital node for the farmers who coaxed their living from the stubborn, fertile ground. The local economy remains anchored in this agricultural heritage, with the seasonal pulse of planting and harvest dictating the tempo of daily life. Residents find a sanctuary of quietude nearby at the Lac qui Parle State Wildlife Management Area, where the land is left to the grasses and the migratory birds that pass through in immense, shifting clouds. Even the water near Spring Lake, five miles to the north, seems to hold the same measured silence that characterizes the streets of Correll. It is a place where the history of settlement is written not in monuments, but in the enduring lines of the fences and the steady, unadorned work of those who remain on the land.

About This Correll Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Correll, Minnesota. Coordinates: 45.230797, -96.159495. 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 Correll includes the ZIP code (56227), telephone area code (320), county seat of Big Stone County (Ortonville), and school district assignment (Lac Qui Parle Valley 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.