Erhard Minnesota Map

About Erhard, Minnesota

Erhard is a locality in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 154. The population density is 109.1 people per km². Erhard is located at 46.4855°N, 96.0987°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 56534.

Erhard sits in Otter Tail County, a place where the land itself seems to hold its breath under vast, open skies. It lies 41.5 miles south-east of Moorhead, MN (from Moorhead, MN: bearing 130°T), and is situated 5.9 miles south of Pelican Rapids. The terrain here is a gentle yielding, a landscape sculpted by ancient glaciers into broad, shallow basins that collect the abundant rainfall, feeding a network of lakes and wetlands. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch toward the horizon, their emerald and gold hues shifting with the sunlight, interrupted only by the occasional stand of aspens and oaks, their leaves a rustling murmur against the wind. In the quiet of the evening, the air grows crisp, carrying the faint scent of damp earth and ripening grain, and the western sky bleeds into a magnificent canvas of rose and violet, a silent benediction upon the land. The story of Erhard is one of quiet perseverance, tied intrinsically to the fertile soil and the water that sustains it. Its economy, like that of many communities in this region, has long been rooted in agriculture, with generations of families cultivating the rich loam. You can still see the echo of this history in the sturdy, practical architecture of the older farmsteads and the enduring presence of grain elevators, silent sentinels against the sky. While the larger world rushes on, Erhard maintains its own deliberate cadence, a place where the cycles of planting and harvest dictate the rhythm of life, and where the shared understanding among its residents is as deep and nourishing as the earth beneath their feet.

About This Erhard Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Erhard, Minnesota — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 46.485515, -96.098668. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Erhard and Otter Tail County.

Detailed location data for Erhard includes the ZIP code (56534), telephone area code (320), county seat of Otter Tail County (Fergus Falls), and school district assignment (Pelican Rapids Public School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Erhard is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.