Leonidas Minnesota Map

About Leonidas, Minnesota

Leonidas is a locality in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 50. The population density is 14.6 people per km². Leonidas is located at 47.4616°N, 92.5719°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Leonidas is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 55734.

Leonidas occupies a rugged, hollowed stretch of the Iron Range where the earth reveals its deep, metallic skeleton. It lies 17.3 miles east of Hibbing, MN (from Hibbing, MN: bearing 82°T), and is situated 4.6 miles south-southwest of Virginia. Low-lying scrub and dense stands of spruce define the horizon, their needles catching the pale, thinning light of an afternoon that arrives early and lingers in shades of slate. Only a mile away, Elbow Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the soil, its water stained the color of steeped tea by the surrounding minerals. Beyond the immediate perimeter, the Laurentian Divide rises eight miles distant, a subtle, undulating spine that separates the flow of the continent. West Eveleth Park remains the primary anchor of the local landscape, offering a quiet expanse of land where the wind moves through the grass with a dry, rhythmic sound that marks the changing seasons.

Leonidas grew from the sheer necessity of the extraction industry, born of a time when the ground was measured by the depth of its ore rather than the breadth of its surface. Remnants of this labor-heavy history still color the local character, manifesting in the sturdy, unadorned architecture and a communal patience forged by long, iron-cold winters. Residents often travel two miles to reach the shores of Manganika Lake, a place where the stillness of the water mirrors the deliberate, measured pace of life in the region. The economy remains tethered to the patterns of the North Woods, where the heritage of Scandinavian and Ojibwe settlers continues to inform the social texture of the neighborhood. In the quiet hours of dusk, when the shadows stretch long across the gravel and the air carries the sharp, clean scent of approaching frost, the resilience of the people feels as fixed as the strata beneath their feet.

About This Leonidas Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Leonidas, Minnesota. Coordinates: 47.461595, -92.571851. 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 Leonidas includes the ZIP code (55734), telephone area code (218), county seat of St. Louis County (Duluth), and school district assignment (Rock Ridge Public Schools).

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.