Gibbon Minnesota Map

About Gibbon, Minnesota

Gibbon is a locality in Sibley County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 784. The population density is 455.9 people per km². Gibbon is located at 44.5339°N, 94.5264°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Gibbon is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 55335.

Gibbon anchors itself firmly upon the high, flat expanses of the Minnesota prairie, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a sky that seems to possess more depth than the earth beneath it. It lies 15.6 miles north-northwest of New Ulm, MN (from New Ulm, MN: bearing 348°T), and is situated 19.0 miles north-northeast of Sleepy Eye. The landscape around Gibbon is defined by its quiet, persistent flatness, a terrain of fertile soil that yields to the subtle depressions of the Alkali Lakebed three miles away, where the ground holds the ghost of ancient water. Only a mile to the east, the Grundmeyer State Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of tall grasses and native brush, providing a stark contrast to the orderly, geometric patterns of the surrounding fields. When the sun begins its slow descent, the quality of light catches the dust and chaff in the air, turning the vast agricultural plains into a luminous, amber-hued expanse that feels both ancient and deeply settled.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Gibbon, dictating the rhythm of the seasons from the frantic labor of spring planting to the heavy, golden stillness of harvest. The economic life of the locale is inextricably tied to the health of the land, supported by a network of drainage systems like Judicial Ditch Number One, which channels the runoff of the plains four miles away. Residents here share a heritage built on the endurance required by the long, biting winters, a character forged in the silence of snow-covered fields and the steady operation of grain elevators that serve as the vertical landmarks of the region. Four miles to the north, the waters of Swan Lake remain a constant, grounding presence in the geography, reflecting the changing colors of the seasons and serving as a quiet reminder of the glacial forces that once shaped this firm, unyielding soil.

About This Gibbon Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Gibbon, Minnesota. Coordinates: 44.533852, -94.526371. 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 Gibbon includes the ZIP code (55335), telephone area code (612, 952), county seat of Sibley County (Gaylord), and school district assignment (G.F.W.).

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.