Kilkenny Minnesota Map

About Kilkenny, Minnesota

Kilkenny is a locality in Le Sueur County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 148. The population density is 426.4 people per km². Kilkenny is located at 44.3133°N, 93.5741°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Kilkenny is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56052.

Kilkenny occupies a quiet reach of southern Minnesota, where the horizon stretches flat and wide, broken only by the silhouettes of silos and the sturdy, dark lines of windbreaks. It lies 15.1 miles west of Faribault, MN (from Faribault, MN: bearing 275°T), and is situated 8.7 miles south of Montgomery. The land here is a mosaic of rich, heavy soil that turns the color of iron under a spring rain, supporting fields that hold the heat of the sun long after the light has faded. A mile away, the Cannon River cuts a slow, deliberate path through the earth, while the wetlands of the Diamond Lake State Wildlife Management Area offer a sanctuary where the air feels cooler and thick with the scent of damp reeds. Two miles to the west, Sunfish Lake lies still as a mirror, reflecting the expansive sky in a way that makes the transition from prairie to water feel like a sudden, quiet shift in the world's weight.

Kilkenny grew from the aspirations of those who saw potential in the deep, fertile loam, establishing a rhythm of life that aligns with the turning of the seasons and the demands of the harvest. The local economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding acreage, where the mechanical hum of tractors often serves as the steady pulse of the day. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain rises toward the distant Klondike Hill, providing a faint, elevated landmark against the vastness of the plains, while the low expanse of the Dove Lakebed sits further out, a reminder of the ancient, lingering water that once shaped the basin. In the quiet hours of the afternoon, when the wind settles, there is a tangible stillness to the place, a sense that Kilkenny exists in a pocket of time where the neighbors still know the provenance of every fence line and the subtle changes in the weather are the only news that truly matters.

About This Kilkenny Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Kilkenny, Minnesota. Coordinates: 44.313297, -93.574116. 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 Kilkenny includes the ZIP code (56052), telephone area code (320), county seat of Le Sueur County (Le Center), and school district assignment (Tri-City United 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.