Courtland Minnesota Map

About Courtland, Minnesota

Courtland is a locality in Nicollet County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 734. The population density is 108.5 people per km². Courtland is located at 44.2683°N, 94.3402°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Courtland is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56021.

Courtland emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of the upper Midwest as a modest gathering of structures anchored to the earth by the slow, deliberate work of agriculture. It lies 6.7 miles east-southeast of New Ulm, MN (from New Ulm, MN: bearing 117°T), and is situated 18.4 miles west-northwest of Mankato. The land surrounding Courtland unfolds in broad, productive swaths of soil, occasionally broken by the quiet presence of Harris Lake to the east or the steady, winding movement of the Minnesota River just a mile to the south. During the long, hushed winters, the air turns sharp and thin, casting a pale, crystalline light over the snow-covered fields that stretch toward the distant silhouette of Fort Hill. Nearby, the Swan Lake State Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of tall grasses and seasonal wetlands, providing a stark, wild contrast to the orderly grid of the fields that define the regional geography.

Generations of settlers established Courtland with a focus on the fertile potential of the basin, creating a legacy of industry that remains tied to the cycles of the harvest and the rhythms of the seasons. While the distant, ancient basin known as the Dane Lakebed reminds observers of the geological forces that shaped this terrain, the local economy continues to hum with the quiet persistence of machinery and the careful stewardship of the land. Life here moves with a steady, unforced cadence, punctuated by the occasional sound of trains or the seasonal transition of the landscape toward the distant, hidden rush of Swan Lake Fall. In the evenings, the sky deepens into a bruised, expansive purple, and the lights of Courtland flicker to life, marking a small, persistent human presence against the vast, dark clarity of the prairie night.

About This Courtland Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Courtland, Minnesota. Coordinates: 44.268298, -94.340246. 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 Courtland includes the ZIP code (56021), telephone area code (320), county seat of Nicollet County (St. Peter), and school district assignment (New Ulm 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.