Fulda Minnesota Map

About Fulda, Minnesota

Fulda is a locality in Murray County, Minnesota, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,371. The population density is 523.1 people per km². Fulda is located at 43.8705°N, 95.6003°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Fulda is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56131.

Fulda anchors itself upon a landscape of expansive, glacial-sculpted prairie where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a vault of immense, shifting sky. It lies 17.3 miles north of Worthington, MN (from Worthington, MN: bearing 359°T), and is situated 11.2 miles southeast of Slayton. The terrain around Fulda is defined by the steady, rhythmic rise and fall of the earth, punctuated by the quiet, reflective presence of Fulda Second Lake, which mirrors the changing moods of the clouds. A mile away, the modest channel of Lime Creek carves a slow, meandering path through the soil, offering a vital vein of moisture to the surrounding fields. To the west, the distant silhouette of Buffalo Ridge rises against the light, a faint serrated edge that reminds the traveler of the ancient, tectonic patience inherent in this inland geography. During the golden hour of late afternoon, the light here gains a peculiar, crystalline clarity, turning the dry grasses into stalks of burnished copper and casting long, sharp shadows across the flat expanse.

Fulda carries the quiet weight of a history rooted in the stubborn persistence of early settlers who broke the deep sod to establish an economy tethered to the cycles of corn and soybean harvests. The agricultural rhythm dictates the pulse of daily life, where the arrival of the seasons is measured by the turning of soil and the heavy, mechanical hum of machinery during the autumn gathering. Beyond the cultivated grid of the fields, the Fulda State Wildlife Management Area provides a sanctuary for native grasses and migratory birds, preserving a fragment of the wild prairie that once defined the entire basin. Further out, the presence of the Star Lakebed serves as a subtle reminder of the region’s shifting hydrological history, a bowl in the earth that speaks of a different climate long ago. Life in Fulda moves with a deliberate, tempered pace, shaped by the practical demands of the land and the endurance required to withstand the long, profound silence of the deep winter months.

About This Fulda Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fulda, Minnesota. Coordinates: 43.870519, -95.600286. 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 Fulda includes the ZIP code (56131), telephone area code (320), county seat of Murray County (Slayton), and school district assignment (Fulda 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.