Hendrum Minnesota Map

About Hendrum, Minnesota

Hendrum is a locality in Norman County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 289. The population density is 441.0 people per km². Hendrum is located at 47.2644°N, 96.8115°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hendrum is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56550.

Hendrum occupies a vast, level expanse of the Red River Valley, where the horizon stretches flat and uncompromising against an immense vault of sky. It lies 27.1 miles north of Moorhead, MN (from Moorhead, MN: bearing 356°T), and is situated 26.8 miles north of Fargo. The earth here is dark, heavy with the alluvial memory of glacial retreat, supporting a landscape defined by the rhythmic geometry of broad agricultural fields that darken to charcoal under the bruised light of a gathering storm. Only a mile away, the Wild Rice River cuts a wandering, silt-laden path through the terrain, its banks lined with the gnarled silhouettes of cottonwoods that shiver in the persistent prairie wind. Further out, the landscape softens into the quiet, still waters of Grandin Lake, providing a reflective counterpoint to the relentless, fertile flatness that characterizes the regional topography.

Hendrum carries the quiet weight of a settlement forged in the era of rail expansion, its grid of streets anchored by the endurance of grain elevators that stand as sentinels over the local economy. The pulse of life remains tethered to the seasonal cycle of planting and harvest, a rhythm that dictates the pace of commerce and the shared language of the residents. While the bustle of larger centers feels a world away, the proximity of Sandpiper Prairie State Scientific and Natural Area preserves a fragment of the original tallgrass ecosystem, offering a stark contrast to the cultivated rows that define the surrounding miles. In the stillness of a winter dusk, when the frost settles into the stubble of the fields, Hendrum reveals a stark, singular beauty found only in the deep, unadorned interior of the continent.

About This Hendrum Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hendrum, Minnesota. Coordinates: 47.264417, -96.811468. 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 Hendrum includes the ZIP code (56550), telephone area code (320), county seat of Norman County (Ada), and school district assignment (Ada-Borup-West Public Schools).

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.