Elmore Minnesota Map

About Elmore, Minnesota

Elmore is a locality in Faribault County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 549. The population density is 250.9 people per km². Elmore is located at 43.5050°N, 94.0880°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Elmore is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56027.

Elmore emerges from the vast, flat expanse of the southern Minnesota prairie as a quiet intersection of sky and cultivated earth. It lies 21.3 miles east-southeast of Fairmont, MN (from Fairmont, MN: bearing 118°T), and is situated 9.2 miles south of Blue Earth. The horizon here is an unending, taut line where the deep, dark soil of the plains meets a sky that often feels heavy with the promise of changing weather. Only a mile away, the Middle Branch Blue Earth River carves a subtle, winding path through the silt, its movement sluggish and deliberate beneath the shade of leaning cottonwoods. To the west, the landscape dips toward the Pilot Grove Lakebed, a reminder of the ancient, vanished waters that once defined this terrain, while the Faribault County Waterfowl Production Area six miles distant provides a sanctuary where the tall grasses sway in rhythm with the persistent, cooling winds.

Elmore carries the weight of a history rooted in the iron will of settlers who saw value in this fertile, unyielding dirt. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythmic cycles of the harvest, with grain elevators standing as the primary, vertical anchors against a sky that dictates the pace of every season. Life in Elmore moves with the steady, predictable pulse of an agricultural calendar, far removed from the frantic acceleration of larger centers. On quiet days, the memory of the region’s development feels present in the stillness, a stark contrast to the distant, more rugged landscapes like the North Woods or the Iron Range. Even the nearby Drexler Bicentennial Trail, eight miles away, offers a path through the quietude, allowing a rare traveler to witness how the light catches the golden stalks at dusk, turning the entire plain into a shimmering, amber-hued expanse.

About This Elmore Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Elmore, Minnesota. Coordinates: 43.504956, -94.088015. 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 Elmore includes the ZIP code (56027), telephone area code (320), county seat of Faribault County (Blue Earth), and school district assignment (Blue Earth 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.