Lynd Minnesota Map

About Lynd, Minnesota

Lynd is a locality in Lyon County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 428. The population density is 190.2 people per km². Lynd is located at 44.3861°N, 95.8903°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 56157.

Lynd rests in the broad, open country of southwestern Minnesota, a place where the land itself seems to inhale and exhale with the seasons. It lies 62.5 miles west of Brown, MN (from Brown, MN: bearing 280°T), and is situated 6.6 miles south-west of Marshall. The terrain here is a study in subtle contours, broad fields of corn and soybeans unfurling like green and gold carpets under an immense sky. Scattered farmsteads, their silos like watchful sentinels, punctuate the horizon, and the air often carries the clean scent of turned earth or the sweet perfume of ripening grain. Evenings bring a particular kind of quiet, the light softening into hues of apricot and lavender, painting the vast prairie canvas with a gentle, fleeting beauty. The history of Lynd is bound to the fertile earth and the ingenuity of those who first settled it. Agriculture has always been the steady heartbeat of Lynd’s economy, its prosperity tied to the bounty of the land, from the early days of wheat farming to the diversified crops of today. The very character of Lynd reflects this agricultural heritage, a resilience and a practicality born of working with the land and its unpredictable moods. Though no grand monuments mark its passage, the quiet persistence of its residents and the enduring rhythm of the farming cycle are the true landmarks of this enduring prairie settlement.

About This Lynd Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lynd, Minnesota — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 44.386072, -95.890302. 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 Lynd and Lyon County.

Detailed location data for Lynd includes the ZIP code (56157), telephone area code (320), county seat of Lyon County (Marshall), and school district assignment (Lynd 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 Lynd is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.