Garvin Minnesota Map

About Garvin, Minnesota

Garvin is a locality in Lyon County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 124. The population density is 171.0 people per km². Garvin is located at 44.2144°N, 95.7558°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Garvin is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56132.

Garvin occupies a stretch of high, open prairie where the horizon pulls the sky taut over fields of corn and soybean. It lies 16.1 miles south of Marshall, MN (from Marshall, MN: bearing 174°T), and is situated 6.9 miles west of Tracy. The land here remains largely featureless, save for the subtle depression of the Jim Lakebed six miles to the west and the faint, hazy silhouette of Buffalo Ridge rising twenty-one miles away. Near the edge of town, the Lyon County Waterfowl Production Area provides a quiet sanctuary for migratory birds, while the Des Moines River and the nearby waters of Long Lake offer a slow, steady pulse to the local ecology. The light at dusk here is thin and sharp, catching the frost on the stubble of harvested fields and casting long, indigo shadows that seem to stretch toward the very center of the continent.

Garvin grew from the iron-willed expansion of the railroads, a quiet pivot point for the agricultural commerce that defines the surrounding plains. The local economy persists as a reflection of the seasonal harvest, where the collective labor of the harvest season dictates the tempo of daily existence. Residents move with a deliberate, measured pace, shaped by the weight of deep winters and the necessity of self-reliance in a landscape that offers little shelter from the wind. Even now, the history of the place lingers in the weathered grain elevators and the sturdy construction of the buildings, standing as silent observers to a life dictated by the soil and the sun rather than the frantic pace of the wider world.

About This Garvin Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Garvin, Minnesota. Coordinates: 44.214404, -95.755848. 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 Garvin includes the ZIP code (56132), telephone area code (320), county seat of Lyon County (Marshall), and school district assignment (Tracy Area 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.