Ghent Minnesota Map

About Ghent, Minnesota

Ghent is a locality in Lyon County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 376. The population density is 463.8 people per km². Ghent is located at 44.5127°N, 95.8911°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ghent is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56239.

Ghent emerges from the expansive, flat horizon of the Minnesota prairie as a quiet collection of structures anchored to the earth by deep, dark soil. It lies 6.8 miles northwest of Marshall, MN (from Marshall, MN: bearing 312°T), and is situated 30.8 miles south-southwest of Montevideo. The landscape surrounding Ghent is defined by the steady, unyielding presence of agricultural fields that stretch toward the sky, broken only by the thin, winding ribbon of Threemile Creek as it carves a path through the terrain just a mile away. The light here in the late afternoon possesses a particular clarity, turning the vast fields into a sea of amber and gold that seems to vibrate against the cooling air. A few miles to the north, the Good Medicine State Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of tall grasses and native shrubs, providing a sharp, wild contrast to the disciplined geometry of the surrounding farms.

Railroad tracks once dictated the rhythm of commerce in Ghent, drawing the pulse of the regional economy toward the grain elevators that stand as silent sentinels over the village. The local spirit is forged in the enduring legacy of those who first broke the sod, a history that lingers in the sturdiness of the buildings and the deliberate pace of daily life. While the distant, ancient basin of the Lady Shoe Lake Bed and the waters of Island Lake sit eleven miles away, the life of the inhabitants remains tethered to the cycle of the harvest and the changing seasons of the plains. Winters here are long and profound, casting a silver stillness over the land that demands a certain quiet resilience from everyone who calls Ghent their home.

About This Ghent Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ghent, Minnesota. Coordinates: 44.512738, -95.891137. 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 Ghent includes the ZIP code (56239), telephone area code (320), county seat of Lyon County (Marshall), and school district assignment (Marshall 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.