Danvers Minnesota Map

About Danvers, Minnesota

Danvers is a locality in Swift County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 103. The population density is 57.2 people per km². Danvers is located at 45.2819°N, 95.7520°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Danvers is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56231.

Danvers exists as a quiet anchor upon the vast, open expanse of the Minnesota prairie, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under a sky that feels immense and unburdened. It lies 36.2 miles west-northwest of Willmar, MN (from Willmar, MN: bearing 288°T), and is situated 7.7 miles west-southwest of Benson. Judicial Ditch Number Eighty cuts a purposeful, straight line through the surrounding earth, its banks often softened by the seasonal rush of snowmelt and the persistent growth of tall, wind-bent grasses. Two miles to the north, the Danvers State Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of wilder terrain, providing a stark, untamed contrast to the orderly grid of the local fields. The air here carries the scent of turned soil and dry stalks, particularly as the low, amber light of late afternoon catches the dust rising from gravel roads, casting long, lean shadows that emphasize the profound stillness of the plains.

History in Danvers is written in the geometry of the land and the endurance of those who cultivate it, their lives dictated by the turning of the seasons and the heavy, reliable rhythm of agricultural labor. The local economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding fields, where grain elevators serve as the vertical landmarks of a horizon otherwise defined by the earth’s subtle, infinite flatness. While the distant, muted silhouette of Blue Mounds marks the edge of the world to the west and the quiet waters of Lynch Lake wait six miles away, the daily pulse of Danvers is measured by the slow shift of agricultural cycles and the resilience of a community that has long thrived in the heart of the interior. Even in the deepest stretches of winter, when the frost settles into the ground, the spirit of the place remains fixed, defined by a stoic patience that mirrors the wide, unyielding landscape.

About This Danvers Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Danvers, Minnesota. Coordinates: 45.281905, -95.751984. 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 Danvers includes the ZIP code (56231), telephone area code (320), county seat of Swift County (Benson), and school district assignment (Benson 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.