Ivanhoe Minnesota Map

About Ivanhoe, Minnesota

Ivanhoe is a locality in Lincoln County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 560. The population density is 333.2 people per km². Ivanhoe is located at 44.4633°N, 96.2473°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ivanhoe is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56142.

Ivanhoe anchors the vast, open horizon of the southwestern prairie, where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 22.7 miles west of Marshall, MN (from Marshall, MN: bearing 273°T), and is situated 29.2 miles east-northeast of Brookings. The land here stretches in long, flat swells of rich soil, broken only by the thin, winding ribbon of the Yellow Medicine River just a mile from the center. To the west, the distant silhouette of the Antelope Hills suggests a rugged world far removed from the quiet, cultivated fields that define the immediate sightline. Near the edge of the grid, the depression of the Swenson Lakebed holds the memory of ancient water, while the nearby Hawks Nest Lake catches the flat, golden light of late afternoon, turning the surface into a mirror for the migrating geese that frequent the Lincoln County Waterfowl Production Area.

Ivanhoe serves as a sturdy witness to the cycles of the plains, its character forged by the persistence of agricultural life and the steady, unadorned rhythm of the harvest. The economy remains rooted in the deep productivity of the soil, a legacy that traces back to the early settlers who recognized the resilience required to thrive in this climate. Life in Ivanhoe moves with the seasons, from the biting, crystalline stillness of the long winters to the intense, verdant rush of the growing months when the corn stands tall against the clouds. There is a quiet gravity to the streets here, where the architecture of the past persists in simple, functional lines, reflecting a culture that values the endurance of the land and the quiet, collective labor of the people who tend it.

About This Ivanhoe Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ivanhoe, Minnesota. Coordinates: 44.463298, -96.247263. 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 Ivanhoe includes the ZIP code (56142), telephone area code (320), county seat of Lincoln County (Ivanhoe), and school district assignment (Ivanhoe 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.