Mahnomen Minnesota Map

About Mahnomen, Minnesota

Mahnomen is a locality in Mahnomen County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 231. The population density is 70.2 people per km². Mahnomen is located at 46.7731°N, 92.5418°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 56557.

Mahnomen emerges from the vast, open plains as a place defined by the steady, persistent passage of the Wild Rice River. It lies 34.9 miles north of Detroit Lakes, MN (from Detroit Lakes, MN: bearing 350°T), and is situated 34.2 miles north-northeast of Hawley. The landscape around Mahnomen stretches in wide, horizontal lines, where the sky claims more territory than the earth, and the light at dusk settles in long, bruised ribbons of violet and gold across the fields. Five miles away, the quiet basin of Rush Lake holds the reflection of the clouds, while the distant rise of Frenchmans Bluff marks the horizon like a soft, permanent wrinkle in the flat expanse. Two miles out, the land opens into the Miscellaneous, a space where the grasses lean into the wind and the air carries the sharp, clean scent of turning seasons.

Mahnomen retains a deep-rooted character, shaped by the convergence of Ojibwe heritage and the legacy of early agricultural settlement that defined the region’s growth. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the soil and the harvest, with the slow, deliberate pace of life dictated by the cycles of the plains. Elders speak of the winters as a quiet, transformative force, a time when the world narrows to the warmth of hearths and the long, blue shadows cast across the snow. Beyond the local commerce, the spirit of Mahnomen persists in the resilience of its people, who navigate the quietude of the North Woods with a steady, unforced endurance that mirrors the slow drift of the nearby river.

About This Mahnomen Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mahnomen, Minnesota. Coordinates: 46.773064, -92.541752. 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 Mahnomen includes the ZIP code (56557), telephone area code (320), county seat of Mahnomen County (Mahnomen), and school district assignment (St. Louis County 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.