Murdock Minnesota Map
Murdock, Minnesota — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Murdock, Swift County.
Interactive Map of Murdock, Minnesota
| City | Murdock |
| State | Minnesota (MN) |
| County | Swift |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 45.223849 |
| Longitude | -95.393358 |
| Population | 331 |
| Density | 189.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
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.
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About This Murdock Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Murdock, Minnesota with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. 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. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Murdock is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Murdock is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
