Holloway Minnesota Map

About Holloway, Minnesota

Holloway is a locality in Swift County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 87. The population density is 24.0 people per km². Holloway is located at 45.2486°N, 95.9081°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Holloway is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 56249, 56208.

Holloway sits upon a vast, level expanse of the high prairie, where the horizon stretches thin and taut against a sky that dictates the mood of every season. It lies 43.0 miles west-northwest of Willmar, MN (from Willmar, MN: bearing 282°T), and is situated 15.7 miles west-southwest of Benson. The earth here is a deep, dark loam, flattened by the slow retreat of ancient ice and groomed by the persistent, scouring winds that rush across the plains without obstruction. To the west, the landscape is punctuated by the modest flow of the Pomme de Terre River, a watercourse that carves a quiet, serpentine path through the fields, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Antelope Hills remains a faint suggestion against the western edge of the world. Even on the clearest days, the light over Holloway possesses a brittle, crystalline quality, turning the golden stubble of the harvested fields into a shimmering, metallic bronze as the sun dips low.

Agriculture remains the singular pulse of the region, with grain elevators rising like secular cathedrals above the grid of streets, marking the intersection of iron rails and fertile soil. The history of Holloway is written in the furrowed rows of corn and soy, an economy forged by generations who understood the unforgiving cycle of the long, deep winters and the short, intense growing seasons. Beyond the cultivated grid, the Persen State Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of native grasses and quiet sloughs, providing a stark contrast to the structured rows of the surrounding farmland. Travelers passing through might find the stillness near Shible Lake a welcome respite, where the water catches the gray, shifting clouds and reflects a silence that has defined this corner of the plains since the first homesteaders broke the sod.

About This Holloway Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Holloway, Minnesota. Coordinates: 45.248572, -95.9081. 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 Holloway includes the ZIP code (56249, 56208), telephone area code (320), county seat of Swift County (Benson), and school district assignment (Lac Qui Parle Valley 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.