Ellsworth Minnesota Map

About Ellsworth, Minnesota

Ellsworth is a locality in Nobles County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 497. The population density is 291.2 people per km². Ellsworth is located at 43.5180°N, 96.0184°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ellsworth is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56129.

Ellsworth occupies a vast, level expanse of the prairie where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 22.3 miles west-southwest of Worthington, MN (from Worthington, MN: bearing 252°T), and is situated 13.5 miles southeast of Luverne. Norwegian Creek cuts a thin, quiet vein through the soil just a mile away, its banks marked by the resilient, low-slung brush that survives the biting intensity of long, monochromatic winters. Beyond the immediate fields, the far horizon occasionally catches the shadow of Buffalo Ridge, a faint reminder of the geological upheaval that shaped these plains long before the first plow broke the sod. At the nearby Ells-pit State Wildlife Management Area, the land returns to a wilder state, providing a sanctuary where the grasses turn a brittle, pale gold in the autumn light, rippling under the persistent, restless wind that defines the character of the region.

Agriculture remains the primary pulse of Ellsworth, with grain elevators rising like stark, utilitarian sentinels above the grid of streets, signaling an economy deeply tethered to the cycles of planting and harvest. The settlement grew from the steady labor of those who saw potential in the deep, dark loam, creating a community where the pace of life follows the slow, deliberate turning of the seasons. While the quietude is absolute, the proximity to the Rock Rapids Trail offers a modern corridor for those seeking to traverse the landscape, connecting the local rhythm to the broader, interconnected prairie beyond. It is a place where the history of the soil is legible in the weathered faces of the buildings and the stubborn, honest work that sustains Ellsworth through every freeze and thaw.

About This Ellsworth Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ellsworth, Minnesota. Coordinates: 43.518023, -96.018356. 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 Ellsworth includes the ZIP code (56129), telephone area code (320), county seat of Nobles County (Worthington), and school district assignment (Ellsworth Public School District).

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.