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 358. The population density is 74.5 people per km². Darwin is located at 45.0964°N, 94.4108°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 55324.

Darwin rests in a gentle embrace of Minnesota's prairie, where fields of corn and soybeans stretch toward horizons that seem to hold the sky itself. It lies 34.3 miles south-south-west of St. Cloud, MN (from St. Cloud, MN: bearing 201°T), and is situated 6.1 miles east-south-east of Litchfield. The land here is a subtle canvas, marked by the slow, deliberate sculpting of glaciers long past, leaving behind a terrain of shallow depressions that collect the abundant rainfall and wide, open spaces where the wind finds its voice. In the summer, the air hums with the unseen industry of insects, and the sunlight, when it breaks through the vast, ever-present clouds, casts a pale gold across the fertile earth. The scattered farmsteads and the quiet streets of Darwin itself seem to be mere punctuation marks in this grand, agrarian sentence. The history of Darwin is as rooted as the crops that define its economy, a story of hardy settlers who saw potential in these fertile plains. The early days were bound to the land’s bounty, with agriculture the undisputed king, a tradition that continues to shape the rhythm of life. While no grand universities or famous inventors claim this soil as their sole origin, the collective ingenuity of generations of farmers and small business owners forms a quiet legacy. The local co-op, a hub of activity, and the familiar grain elevators standing sentinel against the sky speak to a practical, enduring spirit, a testament to the enduring strength of a community built on shared labor and the promise of the harvest.

About This Darwin Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Darwin, Minnesota — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 45.096352, -94.410821. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Darwin and Meeker County.

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). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Darwin is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.