Dovray Minnesota Map

About Dovray, Minnesota

Dovray is a locality in Murray County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 58. The population density is 89.9 people per km². Dovray is located at 44.0527°N, 95.5500°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Dovray is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56125.

Dovray anchors itself firmly upon the high, wind-swept plains of the upper Midwest, where the horizon stretches flat and uncompromising under a wide, pale sky. It lies 29.7 miles south-southeast of Marshall, MN (from Marshall, MN: bearing 156°T), and is situated 11.2 miles east-northeast of Slayton. The land around Dovray reveals itself in subtle shifts of elevation, dropping away toward the low, seasonal dampness of the Duck Lakebed or rising toward the distant, hazy suggestion of Buffalo Ridge. Only a mile away, the quiet currents of Devils Run carve a narrow path through the earth, while the still, reflective surface of Buffalo Lake rests just two miles to the north. Winter light here possesses a particular, silver quality, turning the frozen fields into a monochrome study of endurance that defines the temperament of the landscape.

Dovray emerged from the steady expansion of agrarian enterprise, its lifeblood inextricably linked to the seasonal rhythms of sowing and harvest that dictate the pace of the local economy. Beyond the private acreage, the Dovray State Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of tall grass and brush, serving as a reminder of the prairie that once dominated this expanse before the arrival of the plow. The people here carry the quiet, deliberate habits of those who have long worked the soil, maintaining a social architecture built on mutual reliance and the endurance of long, deep winters. History in Dovray remains written in the quiet persistence of its grain elevators and the steady, unadorned presence of its residents, who recognize that their lives are shaped as much by the shifting prairie winds as by the labor of their own hands.

About This Dovray Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Dovray, Minnesota. Coordinates: 44.05274, -95.550006. 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 Dovray includes the ZIP code (56125), telephone area code (320), county seat of Murray County (Slayton), and school district assignment (Westbrook-Walnut Grove 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.