Kent Minnesota Map

About Kent, Minnesota

Kent is a locality in Wilkin County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 70. The population density is 23.4 people per km². Kent is located at 46.4363°N, 96.6848°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 56553.

Kent, Minnesota, unfolds across a landscape of expansive horizons, where the sky seems to spill over the gently rolling terrain, painting the air with a luminous, almost tangible quality. It lies 30.5 miles south of Moorhead, MN (from Moorhead, MN: bearing 173°T), and is situated 12.4 miles north-north-west of Wahpeton. The land here is a broad, fertile canvas, etched by the patient hand of glacial ages, now given over to the cultivation of crops that stretch in verdant and golden swathes to the farthest visible edge. The very air, when it breathes, carries the clean, dry scent of harvested grain and the faintest whisper of distant, unseen water. The character of Kent is one of quiet endurance, a place where the vastness of the prairie imbues its inhabitants with a sense of spaciousness, allowing thoughts to wander as freely as the clouds across the immense blue. The history of Kent is a story of the land's promise, a narrative woven from the grit of early settlers who coaxed life from this rich earth. The local economy, deeply rooted in agriculture, still echoes the era when wheat and corn were king, though diversification has brought new rhythms to the fields. While no grand monuments mark its past, the subtle contours of the land itself bear witness to generations of farming, each season a renewal of the pact between human endeavor and the earth's bounty. The quiet hum of machinery in the distance, the occasional rumble of a grain truck, these are the distinctive sounds of Kent, a testament to its ongoing agricultural heartbeat, a place where the future is still sown and harvested with the same fundamental respect for the soil.

About This Kent Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Kent, Minnesota — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 46.436349, -96.684799. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Kent and Wilkin County.

Detailed location data for Kent includes the ZIP code (56553), telephone area code (320), county seat of Wilkin County (Breckenridge), and school district assignment (Breckenridge Public School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Kent is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.