Explore Dodge Center, 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 Dodge Center, 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 Dodge Center.
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 | Dodge Center |
| State | Minnesota (MN) |
| County | Dodge County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 44.02802 |
| Longitude | -92.854638 |
| Population | 2,844 |
| Density | 446.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 55927 |
| Area Code | 218 |
| County Seat | Mantorville |
| School District | Triton School District |
Dodge Center stretches across a vast, flat expanse of southeastern Minnesota where the horizon remains wide and unobstructed by the distant, jagged silhouette of Table Rock. It lies 18.8 miles east-southeast of Owatonna, MN (from Owatonna, MN: bearing 102°T), and is situated 5.2 miles west of Kasson. The landscape is defined by the persistent, quiet gravity of the plains, where the soil is deep and dark, yielding to the seasonal shifts of a climate that demands resilience. During the long, hushed winters, the sky turns a stark, pale gray, and the air carries a crisp, metallic bite that clarifies the distance. North Park offers a modest, verdant reprieve from the surrounding fields, serving as a quiet focal point where the local rhythm of the day is measured by the slow turn of the seasons rather than the haste of the modern world.
Dodge Center bears the marks of a history rooted in the expansion of the rail lines, a heritage that remains visible in the sturdy, unadorned architecture of the downtown district. Agriculture serves as the primary pulse of the local economy, with the legacy of family farms and grain production dictating the patterns of trade and labor. Dodge Center Creek flows with a steady, unassuming purpose just a mile away, threading through the landscape as it has for generations. While the waters of Rice Lake remain ten miles distant, the presence of these inland waterways subtly influences the surrounding flora, grounding the community in a geography that values stability and the quiet persistence of the harvest.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Dodge Center, Minnesota. Coordinates: 44.02802, -92.854638. 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 Dodge Center includes the ZIP code (55927), telephone area code (218), county seat of Dodge County (Mantorville), and school district assignment (Triton 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. |