Darwin Minnesota Map

About Darwin, Minnesota

Darwin is a locality in Meeker County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 348. The population density is 67.4 people per km². Darwin is located at 45.0964°N, 94.4108°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Darwin is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 55324.

Darwin rises from the flat, open expanse of the Minnesota prairie, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a sky that shifts from pale, washed-out blue to the bruised violet of approaching winter. It lies 14.6 miles north of Hutchinson, MN (from Hutchinson, MN: bearing 352°T), and is situated 6.1 miles east-southeast of Litchfield. The land around Darwin is defined by a rhythmic cycle of black soil and stubborn grasses, punctuated by the quiet stillness of Lake Darwin just a short distance away. Water flows with deliberate slowness through the nearby Washington Creek, cutting narrow, winding paths through the fields where the air carries the sharp, clean scent of dry corn stalks and cooling earth. At dusk, the light loses its harshness, casting long, thin shadows that seem to anchor the buildings to the dark, fertile ground as the temperature drops with the fading sun.

Agriculture remains the steady pulse of the local economy, a legacy etched into the grain elevators that stand as sentinels over the main thoroughfares of Darwin. The community carries a distinct, modest character, defined by the practical resilience of people who have long worked this interior landscape, far from the influence of any distant coast. Beyond the primary grid, the Meeker County Waterfowl Production Area offers a sanctuary for migratory birds, preserving a quiet, wilder corner of the landscape that feels untouched by the pace of the wider world. Life in Darwin moves with the seasons, from the heavy, humid heat of midsummer to the months of deep, insulating snow, reflecting a history shaped by the persistent, quiet labor of those who settled this open plain.

About This Darwin Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Darwin, Minnesota. Coordinates: 45.096352, -94.410821. 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 Darwin includes the ZIP code (55324), telephone area code (612, 952), county seat of Meeker County (Litchfield), and school district assignment (Litchfield 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.