Mazeppa Minnesota Map

About Mazeppa, Minnesota

Mazeppa is a locality in Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 874. The population density is 311.6 people per km². Mazeppa is located at 44.2730°N, 92.5449°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Mazeppa is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 55956.

Mazeppa rises from the fertile floor of a broad valley, where the North Fork Zumbro River carves a deliberate path through the limestone-rich earth. It lies 17.8 miles north-northwest of Rochester, MN (from Rochester, MN: bearing 348°T), and is situated 6.3 miles east-southeast of Zumbrota. The landscape surrounding Mazeppa is defined by the patient geometry of agriculture, where long, straight furrows of soil press against the horizon, occasionally broken by the quiet, shadowed topography of Bear Valley just a few miles to the west. To the south, the distant, hazy silhouette of Irish Ridge acts as a silent sentinel over the plains, while the nearby Miscellaneous SRMA offers a sanctuary of unmanicured grasses and brush. In the amber light of late afternoon, the air here gains a particular, heavy clarity, turning the local hardwoods into silhouettes that seem to hold the stillness of the coming winter in their brittle branches.

Settlement in this region grew from the necessity of harnessing the power of the water, and the history of Mazeppa remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of harvest and the slow, seasonal transition of the Midwestern climate. While Zumbro Lake provides a localized respite for those seeking the stillness of deeper water, the economy of Mazeppa continues to find its pulse in the productivity of the surrounding fields and the enduring resilience of its local commerce. The people here maintain a quiet, measured pace, a habit of living that mirrors the steady current of the North Fork Zumbro River as it flows toward the horizon. Even as the modern world intrudes, there remains a persistent, localized character shaped by the long winters and the deep, dark loam that dictates the timing of every day, marking the passage of years with the same reliability as the turning of the leaves in the distant Richard J Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest.

About This Mazeppa Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mazeppa, Minnesota. Coordinates: 44.273022, -92.544908. 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 Mazeppa includes the ZIP code (55956), telephone area code (218), county seat of Wabasha County (Wabasha), and school district assignment (Zumbrota-Mazeppa 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.