Louisburg Minnesota Map

About Louisburg, Minnesota

Louisburg is a locality in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 31. The population density is 47.1 people per km². Louisburg is located at 45.1661°N, 96.1712°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Louisburg is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56256.

Louisburg occupies a quiet expanse of the high, wind-brushed plains where the horizon stretches thin and pale against the vast Midwestern sky. It lies 53.1 miles north-northwest of Marshall, MN (from Marshall, MN: bearing 339°T), and is situated 16.4 miles southeast of Ortonville. The land around Louisburg unfolds in subtle, tectonic shifts of prairie grass and dark, fertile loam, interrupted only by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Antelope Hills rising twenty-four miles to the west. Two miles away, the Minnesota River carves a serpentine path through the valley, its waters reflecting the shifting gray and amber tones of a long, northern day. To the east, the landscape draws breath near the quiet margins of Spring Lake, a seven-mile distance that offers a still, glass-like respite from the relentless pulse of the open fields.

Louisburg maintains a steady, rhythmic connection to the earth, grounded in an agricultural heritage that favors the patient work of the seasons over the frantic pace of modern industry. Proximity to the Lac qui Parle State Wildlife Management Area, just one mile away, ensures that the wilder character of the region remains an intimate neighbor to those who live and labor here. Generations have cultivated these acres, leaving behind a quiet resilience that persists in the austere geometry of grain elevators and the sturdy, unadorned architecture of the local dwellings. The air carries a sharp, clean clarity during the long winters, a cold that sharpens the senses and defines the character of the people who call Louisburg home.

About This Louisburg Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Louisburg, Minnesota. Coordinates: 45.166074, -96.171159. 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 Louisburg includes the ZIP code (56256), telephone area code (320), county seat of Lac qui Parle County (Madison), and school district assignment (Ortonville 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.