Elmdale Minnesota Map

About Elmdale, Minnesota

Elmdale is a locality in Morrison County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 114. The population density is 12.8 people per km². Elmdale is located at 45.8333°N, 94.4925°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Elmdale is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56314.

Elmdale emerges from the flat, sprawling expanse of central Minnesota where the horizon stretches thin against a pale, expansive sky. It lies 20.1 miles northwest of Sartell, MN (from Sartell, MN: bearing 317°T), and is situated 11.7 miles south-southwest of Little Falls. Elmdale Creek carves a quiet, persistent path through the terrain, its waters reflecting the shifting grays and ambers of a landscape defined by seasonal transition and the slow, rhythmic labor of the plains. To the north, the distant profile of Ripley Esker provides a jagged anchor to the view, while the nearby expanse of O'Donald Lake offers a stillness that deepens as the afternoon light wanes. The air here carries a crisp, dry weight, untempered by any distant salt air, smelling instead of dormant soil and the resinous scent of pine carried on the breeze from the wooded fringes of the Miscellaneous SRMA.

Agricultural heritage remains the steady pulse of Elmdale, where the economy is tethered to the cycles of planting and harvest that have dictated the pace of life since the earliest settlers arrived to work this dark, fertile earth. The architecture of the locality—sturdy, unadorned, and built to withstand the long, deep winters—speaks to a history of Scandinavian and Ojibwe influence that lingers in the quiet persistence of the residents. Modern life moves in tandem with the demands of the land, with small-scale commerce and local industry maintaining a modest, functional rhythm. In the evenings, the glow from porch lights illuminates the frost-dusted fields, marking a place where the connection to the geography is not merely a matter of distance, but a fundamental orientation of daily life.

About This Elmdale Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Elmdale, Minnesota. Coordinates: 45.833299, -94.492506. 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 Elmdale includes the ZIP code (56314), telephone area code (320), county seat of Morrison County (Little Falls), and school district assignment (Upsala 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.