Evansville Minnesota Map

About Evansville, Minnesota

Evansville is a locality in Douglas County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 603. The population density is 297.0 people per km². Evansville is located at 46.0041°N, 95.6828°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Evansville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56326.

Evansville holds a quiet stillness within the vast, glacial plains of western Minnesota, where the horizon stretches wide under a sky that seems to possess its own immense gravity. It lies 16.8 miles west-northwest of Alexandria, MN (from Alexandria, MN: bearing 299°T), and is situated 27.0 miles southeast of Fergus Falls. The land here is defined by a slow, rhythmic contour, shaped by ancient ice that left behind a fertile, dark loam and the distant, shimmering surface of Horseshoe Lake. To the east, the water of the Chippewa River traces a thin, dark line through the grasses, while the Douglas County Waterfowl Production Area provides a sanctuary for the migration of wings across the prairie expanse. In the distance, the elevation of Inspiration Peak breaks the flatness of the terrain, offering a solitary point of reference against the pale, shifting colors of the afternoon light.

Evansville remains a product of the sturdy agricultural ambition that drew settlers to these interior reaches, where the economy is tethered to the cycles of the harvest and the resilience of the soil. The legacy of Scandinavian heritage lingers in the deliberate, measured pace of the streets, where the architecture reflects a practical necessity born of long, biting winters and brief, intense summers. Daily life here moves in synchrony with the seasonal turn of the crops, maintaining a continuity that feels detached from the hurried pulse of more crowded regions. There is a particular clarity in the air during the autumn, a crispness that clarifies the silhouette of every silo and steeple, grounding Evansville in a landscape that has demanded endurance and quiet labor from those who have called it home for generations.

About This Evansville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Evansville, Minnesota. Coordinates: 46.004128, -95.682824. 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 Evansville includes the ZIP code (56326), telephone area code (320), county seat of Douglas County (Alexandria), and school district assignment (Brandon-Evansville 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.