Explore Freeport, Minnesota, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Freeport, Minnesota. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Minnesota or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Freeport.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Freeport |
| State | Minnesota (MN) |
| County | Stearns County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 45.662743 |
| Longitude | -94.69001 |
| Population | 675 |
| Density | 219.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 56331 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| County Seat | St. Cloud |
| School District | Melrose Public School District |
Freeport emerges from the flat, expansive plains of central Minnesota as a quiet collection of structures defined by the vastness of the sky above and the dark, fertile soil beneath. It lies 23.5 miles west of Sartell, MN (from Sartell, MN: bearing 277°T), and is situated 5.7 miles east of Melrose. The horizon remains largely unbroken, save for the distant, faint silhouette of Eagle Mountain, which serves as a solitary anchor in the immense distance. A mile away, the surface of Freeport Lake catches the low, pale light of late afternoon, reflecting the shifting hues of a prairie sun, while the narrow channel of Getchell Creek winds through the brush with a persistent, muted murmur. The air here holds a crisp, bracing edge, carrying the scent of drying hay and the cool dampness rising from the earth as the shadows stretch long across the fields.
Freeport carries the weight of a heritage built upon the labor of those who broke the sod and established a life in this rigorous, landlocked climate. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons and the demands of agriculture, where the daily industry of the farmstead dictates the pace of existence. Beyond the immediate reach of the dwellings, the Stearns County Waterfowl Production Area offers a preserve for the wild, maintaining a quiet corridor of habitat that underscores the region's commitment to its natural legacy. Life in Freeport moves with a deliberate, steady cadence, honoring the endurance required to thrive in a landscape where winter arrives with a profound, silencing cold, yet spring invariably returns to stir the dormant fields once more.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Freeport, Minnesota. Coordinates: 45.662743, -94.69001. 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 Freeport includes the ZIP code (56331), telephone area code (320), county seat of Stearns County (St. Cloud), and school district assignment (Melrose Public School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |