Fairhaven Minnesota Map

About Fairhaven, Minnesota

Fairhaven is a locality in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 392. The population density is 79.3 people per km². Fairhaven is located at 45.3216°N, 94.2114°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 55382.

Fairhaven occupies a quiet expanse of the interior plains where the Clearwater River traces a persistent, serpentine path through the landscape. It lies 16.7 miles south of St. Cloud, MN (from St. Cloud, MN: bearing 188°T), and is situated 9.5 miles south of St. Augusta. Augusta. The earth here holds a stubborn, glacial memory, manifesting in the low-slung horizons and the silken, still surface of Lake Caroline that mirrors the heavy, bruised clouds of an approaching Minnesota autumn. Light descends in thin, pale ribbons across the fields, catching the dormant stalks of late-season crops and illuminating the dense, shadowy thickets that define the local perimeter. Three miles away, the A Shau Valley State Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of unmanaged scrub and timber, where the silence is broken only by the sudden, percussive flight of waterfowl rising against the gray sky.

Fairhaven maintains a rhythmic, functional existence tethered to the cycles of the soil and the seasonal demands of the regional climate. Agriculture remains the primary pulse of the local economy, with the legacy of early homesteaders still visible in the sturdy, weathered timber of older barns and the methodical grid of the surrounding acreage. The history of the locality is etched into the very soil, a layering of Scandinavian and frontier influences that prioritize resilience over artifice. Residents navigate the long, deep winters with a practiced stoicism, finding a certain beauty in the way the frost stiffens the reeds along the Clearwater River or how the early dusk renders the entire geography into a study of muted, monochromatic tones.

About This Fairhaven Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fairhaven, Minnesota. Coordinates: 45.321631, -94.211375. 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 Fairhaven includes the ZIP code (55382), telephone area code (612, 952), county seat of Stearns County (St. Cloud), and school district assignment (Kimball 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.