Delavan Minnesota Map

About Delavan, Minnesota

Delavan is a locality in Faribault County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 172. The population density is 66.1 people per km². Delavan is located at 43.7677°N, 94.0197°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Delavan is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56023.

Delavan exists as a quiet geometry of grid and furrow, defined by the vast, flat expanse of the prairie that stretches toward an infinite horizon. It lies 23.4 miles east-northeast of Fairmont, MN (from Fairmont, MN: bearing 70°T), and is situated 9.9 miles north-northeast of Blue Earth. The earth here is heavy and dark, a deep loam that absorbs the summer light and holds the chill of the long winters, while Rice Creek carves a thin, vital vein through the surrounding fields just a mile away. Three miles to the north, the surface of Rice Lake mirrors the shifting clouds, offering a stillness that complements the steady, low-frequency hum of the wind moving across the plains. This landscape possesses a stark, unadorned beauty, where the sky claims more space than the land and the quality of light at dusk turns the stubble of the fields into a muted, copper-colored sea.

Agriculture serves as the primary pulse of Delavan, where the rhythms of planting and harvest dictate the pace of the days and the character of the collective effort. The history of the place is written in the stability of its grain elevators and the enduring patterns of the homesteads that have anchored themselves against the open sky for generations. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the Charlotte Hynes State Wildlife Management Area provides a sanctuary for native grasses and local fauna, preserving a sliver of the original wilderness that once dominated this interior basin. Life in Delavan remains tethered to the slow, seasonal transformations of the soil, a place where the stillness of the inland plains offers a rare, deliberate clarity to those who remain.

About This Delavan Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Delavan, Minnesota. Coordinates: 43.767733, -94.019679. 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 Delavan includes the ZIP code (56023), telephone area code (320), county seat of Faribault County (Blue Earth), and school district assignment (Blue Earth Area Public Schools).

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.