Murdock Minnesota Map

About Murdock, Minnesota

Murdock is a locality in Swift County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 331. The population density is 189.9 people per km². Murdock is located at 45.2238°N, 95.3934°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 56271.

Murdock lies settled in the wide, sun-washed plains of west-central Minnesota, where the horizon stretches with an almost audacious indifference to human scale. It lies 64.1 miles west-south-west of St. Cloud, MN (from St. Cloud, MN: bearing 249°T), and is situated 4.1 miles west-north-west of Kerkhoven. The land here is a broad, benevolent expanse, a rumpled quilt of agricultural fields that shift in hue from the deep, fertile brown of freshly turned earth to the muted gold of ripening grain under a sky that often feels impossibly vast. Scattered groves of trees, their branches reaching like supplicant arms, break the monotony, offering pockets of dappled shade where the wind sighs through leaves with a sound like distant water. The air, especially in the languid afternoons of summer, carries the clean, earthy scent of growing things and the faint, sweet perfume of wildflowers clinging to the ditches. The history of Murdock is as deeply rooted in the soil as the corn and soybeans that dominate its landscape. Founded by settlers drawn to the rich farmland, the town's economy has long been tethered to the cycles of agriculture, a dependence that imbues the community with a sense of enduring resilience. The grain elevators, tall sentinels against the prairie sky, still stand as proud testaments to this vital connection, their silos a silent promise of sustenance. While the broader agricultural sector has seen its shifts, Murdock retains a character shaped by the quiet diligence of farmers and the neighborly spirit that blossoms when lives are lived in close proximity, under the same immense, ever-changing sky.

About This Murdock Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Murdock, Minnesota — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 45.223849, -95.393358. 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 Murdock and Swift County.

Detailed location data for Murdock includes the ZIP code (56271), telephone area code (320), county seat of Swift County (Benson), and school district assignment (Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg). 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 Murdock is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.