Independence Minnesota Map

About Independence, Minnesota

Independence is a locality in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,755. The population density is 44.7 people per km². Independence is located at 45.0186°N, 93.7198°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Independence is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 55779, 55359.

Independence maintains a quiet posture across a landscape of glacial moraines and persistent, deep-rooted woodlands that define the western edge of the metropolitan reach. It lies 11.7 miles north of Victoria, MN (from Victoria, MN: bearing 349°T), and is situated 6.4 miles north-northwest of Mound. The terrain here holds a subtle, muscular quality, defined by the slow drift of seasons that turn the ground from a brittle, iron-gray frost to the lush, heavy greens of midsummer. Water gathers in the low pockets of the earth, where the quiet surface of Robina Lake mirrors the shifting clouds and the reeds of the Robina Lake State Wildlife Management Area provide a sanctuary for the migratory pulse of the flyway. Pioneer Creek snakes through the brush, its movement a constant, low-frequency hum that anchors the hydrology of the immediate district, feeding the soil that supports the sparse, hardy vegetation of the interior plains.

Independence carries the weight of a frontier history that has gradually folded into a landscape of sprawling residential lots and preserved agrarian remnants. The local economy persists as a blend of quiet enterprise and the steady labor of those who value the distance from the dense, frantic patterns of the urban core. Life moves in accordance with the long, cooling shadows of the afternoon, a rhythm dictated by the demands of the land and the endurance required to withstand the deep, legend-heavy winters of the north. There is a particular clarity to the light as it catches the edge of a fence line or the bark of an oak, a reminder that Independence remains a place where the human footprint is still measured against the persistent, quiet expansion of the woods and the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons.

About This Independence Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Independence, Minnesota. Coordinates: 45.018594, -93.71975. 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 Independence includes the ZIP code (55779, 55359), telephone area code (218, 612, 952), county seat of Hennepin County (Minneapolis), and school district assignment (Delano Public 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.