Hanley Falls Minnesota Map

About Hanley Falls, Minnesota

Hanley Falls is a locality in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 243. The population density is 376.8 people per km². Hanley Falls is located at 44.6927°N, 95.6220°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hanley Falls is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56245.

Hanley Falls anchors itself firmly within the expansive prairie, where the Yellow Medicine River carves a deliberate path through the fertile, dark-soiled earth. It lies 18.9 miles north-northeast of Marshall, MN (from Marshall, MN: bearing 26°T), and is situated 8.9 miles south-southwest of Granite Falls. The terrain stretches out in a vast, horizontal geometry, punctuated only by the occasional grain elevator that rises like a silent sentinel against the expansive sky. Light here possesses a peculiar, heavy clarity, especially in the late afternoon when the sun leans low and turns the dried grasses into a field of burnished copper. To the west, the subtle rise of Middag Knutea marks the horizon, while the quiet basin of Twin Lake Bed sits to the east, a reminder of the ancient, slow-moving water that once shaped this topography.

Hanley Falls maintains a rhythm dictated by the seasons and the cycle of the harvest, an economy rooted in the deep, unyielding productivity of the surrounding fields. The legacy of those who settled this open country remains visible in the sturdy, utilitarian architecture and the enduring patterns of agricultural life that define the local character. Residents look toward the nearby Wood Lake for a change of pace, or toward the quiet expanses of Miscellaneous, where the landscape offers a reprieve from the relentless linearity of the farmstead rows. Life in Hanley Falls moves with a deliberate, measured gravity, reflecting a history of endurance in a climate that demands both respect and resilience from those who call the plains home.

About This Hanley Falls Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hanley Falls, Minnesota. Coordinates: 44.692735, -95.621964. 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 Hanley Falls includes the ZIP code (56245), telephone area code (320), county seat of Yellow Medicine County (Granite Falls), and school district assignment (Yellow Medicine East).

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.