Nashua Minnesota Map

About Nashua, Minnesota

Nashua is a locality in Wilkin County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 67. The population density is 7.4 people per km². Nashua is located at 46.0375°N, 96.3081°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Nashua is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56565.

Nashua occupies a quiet expanse of the flat, open prairie where the horizon pulls the sky down to meet the earth in an unbroken, pale arc. It lies 20.2 miles south-southwest of Fergus Falls, MN (from Fergus Falls, MN: bearing 213°T), and is situated 21.2 miles southeast of Wahpeton. The landscape around Nashua is defined by the steady, rhythmic geometry of agricultural fields, interrupted only by the occasional shelterbelt of trees or the subtle, grass-covered depressions that hold the spring melt. Three miles away, the Rabbit River traces a slow, meandering path through the soil, its current often hushed by the thick fringe of reeds that lean over its banks. During the long, cold winters, the air takes on a brittle clarity, turning the vast, snow-dusted plains into a monochromatic study of gray and white that absorbs sound and slows the passage of time.

Farmers have worked this fertile, dark soil for generations, anchoring the local economy to the cycles of grain and the unpredictable temperament of the seasons. Six miles to the southeast, the Copeland State Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of tall grasses and seasonal wetlands, providing a stark contrast to the managed rigor of the surrounding farms. While Mud Lake lies seven miles distant, its presence is felt in the seasonal migration of waterfowl that momentarily animate the quiet sky above Nashua. Life here follows the deliberate pace of the harvest, a persistent and honest labor that remains largely unmoved by the frantic currents of the world beyond the horizon.

About This Nashua Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Nashua, Minnesota. Coordinates: 46.03746, -96.308119. 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 Nashua includes the ZIP code (56565), telephone area code (320), county seat of Wilkin County (Breckenridge), and school district assignment (Campbell-Tintah 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.