Glyndon Minnesota Map

About Glyndon, Minnesota

Glyndon is a locality in Clay County, Minnesota, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,306. The population density is 318.7 people per km². Glyndon is located at 46.8752°N, 96.5790°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Glyndon is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56547.

Glyndon occupies a flat, expansive reach of the Red River Valley where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a sky that seems to possess more depth than the earth itself. It lies 8.9 miles east of Moorhead, MN (from Moorhead, MN: bearing 89°T), and is situated 10.0 miles east of Fargo. The landscape around Glyndon is defined by the heavy, dark soil of ancient glacial lake beds, an agricultural canvas that turns a deep, velvet black after the spring thaw. Only a mile away, the Buffalo River cuts a quiet, winding path through the silt, its banks lined with cottonwoods that shiver in the prevailing western winds. To the east, the terrain yields to the protected grasses of Bluestem Prairie Fee, where the native flora shifts with the season from pale, dormant straw to the vibrant, waving emeralds of mid-summer, undisturbed by the plow.

History in Glyndon remains anchored to the arrival of the railroad, which transformed the settlement from an isolated outpost into a vital node for regional grain transport. The economy continues to draw its strength from the cycles of the harvest, with silos standing as silent, industrial sentinels over the daily affairs of the neighborhood. While Maria Lake lies nine miles to the north, providing a distant destination for those seeking the stillness of open water, life here is governed more by the rhythm of the work day and the long, luminous twilights of the northern plains. The people here carry a quiet fortitude, shaped by winters that test the fiber of the spirit and a landscape that demands a patient, observant relationship with the changing light.

About This Glyndon Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Glyndon, Minnesota. Coordinates: 46.87524, -96.578963. 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 Glyndon includes the ZIP code (56547), telephone area code (320), county seat of Clay County (Moorhead), and school district assignment (Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton).

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.