Explore Currie, Minnesota, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Currie, Minnesota. 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 Minnesota 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 Currie.
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 | Currie |
| State | Minnesota (MN) |
| County | Murray County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 44.071351 |
| Longitude | -95.666399 |
| Population | 224 |
| Density | 157.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 56123 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| County Seat | Slayton |
| School District | Tracy Area Public School District |
Currie spreads across the flat, expansive prairie where the Des Moines River carves a deliberate path through the earth. It lies 26.6 miles south-southeast of Marshall, MN (from Marshall, MN: bearing 167°T), and is situated 7.3 miles northeast of Slayton. The horizon remains vast and unobstructed, save for the distant, hazy silhouette of Buffalo Ridge that anchors the western sky. Only a mile away, the surface of Lake Shetek catches the afternoon light, its waters acting as a quiet mirror to the changing seasons, while the nearby Clear Lakebed offers a subtle depression in the topography that tells of ancient, vanished currents. The Rupp State Wildlife Management Area envelops the land, preserving a quiet sanctuary where the prairie grasses bow to the persistent winds that sweep across the open plains.
History in Currie remains tethered to the rhythm of the soil and the legacy of early agrarian settlers who turned the heavy, dark loam into a productive landscape. The local economy persists as a quiet dialogue between the farmer and the weather, with the life of the village revolving around the cyclical demands of the harvest and the maintenance of the homesteads. On quiet mornings, the air carries a crisp, grounding scent of damp earth and drying stalks, a sensory reminder of the town’s enduring reliance on the surrounding fields. Residents move with a deliberate, steady pace, shaped by the long winters and the deep, abiding stillness that settles over the region when the frost holds the ground firm, leaving Currie to exist in a state of patient, self-contained grace.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Currie, Minnesota. Coordinates: 44.071351, -95.666399. 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 Currie includes the ZIP code (56123), telephone area code (320), county seat of Murray County (Slayton), and school district assignment (Tracy Area Public School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |