Madelia Minnesota Map

About Madelia, Minnesota

Madelia is a locality in Watonwan County, Minnesota, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,396. The population density is 611.8 people per km². Madelia is located at 44.0508°N, 94.4183°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Madelia is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56062.

Madelia commands a wide, expansive horizon where the sky presses down upon the flat, fertile plains of southern Minnesota. It lies 16.7 miles southeast of Brown, MN (from Brown, MN: bearing 138°T), and is situated 18.2 miles south of New Ulm. The land stretches out in muted shades of amber and brown, defined by the slow, deliberate carving of the Watonwan River, which drifts only a mile away from the center of town. Beyond the primary thoroughfares, the earth dips toward the Hopkins Lakebed, a quiet depression that holds the memory of ancient water, while Fedje Lake sits two miles distant, reflecting the hard, clear light of an inland afternoon. Even the rise of Fort Hill, eight miles off, serves only to accentuate the immense scale of the prairie, a landscape that demands a certain stoic resilience from those who inhabit it.

Madelia carries the quiet weight of a regional agricultural center, where the economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest and the steady labor of the soil. History is written here in the persistence of family farms and the enduring brick facades that define the downtown core, standing as silent witnesses to generations of change. Residents find a different kind of solitude in the Bergdahl State Wildlife Management Area, located three miles away, where the brush and tall grasses offer a sanctuary for local fauna and a reprieve from the mechanical hum of the grain elevators. Life in Madelia moves with the seasons, folding into the long, deep winters and the humid, productive summers that dictate the pace of every business and household.

About This Madelia Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Madelia, Minnesota. Coordinates: 44.050794, -94.418298. 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 Madelia includes the ZIP code (56062), telephone area code (320), county seat of Watonwan County (St. James), and school district assignment (Madelia Public 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.