Donnelly Minnesota Map

About Donnelly, Minnesota

Donnelly is a locality in Stevens County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 221. The population density is 30.6 people per km². Donnelly is located at 45.6905°N, 96.0126°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Donnelly is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56235.

Donnelly stretches across the flat, expansive horizon of the western Minnesota prairie, defined by the quiet passage of Twelvemile Creek as it cuts through the earth. It lies 33.4 miles west-southwest of Alexandria, MN (from Alexandria, MN: bearing 246°T), and is situated 8.6 miles north-northwest of Morris. The landscape around Donnelly remains open and vast, where the sky claims more space than the land itself and the light at dusk turns the tall grasses into a pale, shifting copper. Harstad Slough anchors the immediate terrain, its low waters reflecting the immense, cloud-streaked heavens that dominate the view. To the east, the ground rises toward the distant, faint silhouette of Runestone Hill, while the nearby Stevens County Waterfowl Production Area provides a sanctuary for the migratory birds that mark the changing seasons with their rhythmic, high-altitude calls.

Agriculture serves as the lifeblood of Donnelly, with grain elevators rising like stark monuments against the gray, heavy curtains of winter clouds. The history of the region is deeply rooted in the endurance of those who broke the stubborn prairie soil, building a life defined by the rigorous, cyclical demands of the harvest and the long, silent freeze of the cold months. Life in Donnelly moves at the deliberate pace of the seasons, where the economy remains tied to the fertility of the surrounding black soil and the resilience of a rural population. There is a particular, austere beauty in the way the town maintains its quiet dignity, standing firm against the wide, unobstructed winds that sweep across the plains from the Hazzard Lakebed and beyond.

About This Donnelly Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Donnelly, Minnesota. Coordinates: 45.690516, -96.012556. 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 Donnelly includes the ZIP code (56235), telephone area code (320), county seat of Stevens County (Morris), and school district assignment (Morris 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.