Hadley Minnesota Map

About Hadley, Minnesota

Hadley is a locality in Murray County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 54. The population density is 70.9 people per km². Hadley is located at 44.0011°N, 95.8539°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hadley is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56151.

Hadley sits amidst a vast, quiet expanse of southwestern Minnesota prairie where the horizon line remains unbroken by anything save for the occasional silhouette of a grain elevator. It lies 29.3 miles north-northwest of Worthington, MN (from Worthington, MN: bearing 334°T), and is situated 5.0 miles west of Slayton. The land here stretches out in long, flattened swells, an ancient glacial imprint that gives the earth a rhythmic, tectonic patience. Two miles to the east, Beaver Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the loamy soil, its waters moving with a deliberate, muddy sluggishness that reflects the pale, wide-reaching sky. To the west, the subtle depression of Beauty Lakebed suggests a history of water long since receded, while the gentle rise of Poverty Hill marks the only variation in an otherwise unrelenting flatness. Sunlight in this part of the world possesses a sharp, clinical clarity, sharpening the shadows of the cornstalks and turning the mid-afternoon air into a shimmering, golden haze that feels heavy with the scent of dry grass and turned earth.

Agriculture defines the pulse of Hadley, as the economy remains tethered to the cycles of planting and harvest that have dictated the pace of life since the village first took root upon these plains. The nearby Peters State Wildlife Management Area provides a sanctuary for migratory birds and local fauna, serving as a reminder of the wilder, uncultivated character of the landscape that existed before the plow. While Moon Lake rests five miles away, offering a local gathering point for those seeking the stillness of open water, the daily life of the residents remains focused on the maintenance of the fields and the endurance of the long, biting winters. Hadley endures as a place of sparse, honest architecture, where the wind acts as a constant companion and the social fabric is held together by the quiet persistence of those who choose to live where the sky occupies more of the world than the ground.

About This Hadley Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hadley, Minnesota. Coordinates: 44.001076, -95.853905. 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 Hadley includes the ZIP code (56151), telephone area code (320), county seat of Murray County (Slayton), and school district assignment (Murray County Central 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.