Florence Minnesota Map

About Florence, Minnesota

Florence is a locality in Lyon County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 28. The population density is 100.1 people per km². Florence is located at 44.2372°N, 96.0520°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Florence is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56170.

Florence occupies a quiet expanse of the southwestern prairie, defined by the persistent, unyielding horizon that stretches toward the distant silhouette of Buffalo Ridge. It lies 19.5 miles southwest of Marshall, MN (from Marshall, MN: bearing 222°T), and is situated 21.0 miles northeast of Pipestone. The light here possesses a singular, thin clarity, often casting long, sharp shadows across the flat fields that seem to hold the heat of the sun even as the air cools. To the east, the landscape softens near the margins of East Twin Lake, where the water mirrors the vast, shifting clouds, while the Redwood River traces a slow, deliberate path through the earth just a short distance away. The Hope State Wildlife Management Area encompasses the surrounding expanse, preserving a remnant of the tallgrass plains that once defined the entire region, allowing the wind to move through the stalks with a dry, rhythmic rustle that persists long after the sun has dipped below the edge of the world.

Florence emerged from the necessity of the rail line, serving as a modest point of gathering for the farmers who broke the heavy soil of the plains to cultivate corn and soybeans. The local economy remains anchored to the cycles of the harvest, a rhythm dictated by the frost and the slow, deep freeze of the winters that arrive with a quiet, heavy finality. Life in Florence moves with the steady, predictable pace of agricultural seasons, marked by the arrival of grain trucks and the seasonal transformation of the fields from gold to fallow gray. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the Ivadelle Lakebed serves as a reminder of the ancient, shifting hydrology of the basin, a geographic marker that persists in the collective memory of the residents. There is a profound stillness in the way the local days unfold, a quiet endurance that mirrors the land itself, where the history of the homesteaders is still felt in the sturdy, upright architecture of the older streets.

About This Florence Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Florence, Minnesota. Coordinates: 44.237188, -96.051973. 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 Florence includes the ZIP code (56170), telephone area code (320), county seat of Lyon County (Marshall), and school district assignment (RTR 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.