Nicollet Minnesota Map

About Nicollet, Minnesota

Nicollet is a locality in Nicollet County, Minnesota, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,143. The population density is 486.6 people per km². Nicollet is located at 44.2761°N, 94.1875°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Nicollet is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56074.

Nicollet rises from the expanse of the Minnesota prairie, a quiet grid of streets anchored in the heavy, fertile soil of the high plains. It lies 10.4 miles northwest of North Mankato, MN (from North Mankato, MN: bearing 313°T), and is situated 12.1 miles northwest of Mankato. The horizon here is vast and unencumbered, where the sky presses down with a weight that turns the light at dusk into a bruised, violet glow across the open fields. Only a mile away, the shallow, marshy basin of Swan Lake holds the stillness of the interior, its waters reflecting the shifting clouds that drift over the flat horizon. The land, largely defined by the broad, ancient drainage of the Fox Lakebed six miles distant, feels patient and singular, a place where the wind carries the dry scent of turning stalks and the cold promise of the coming frost.

Nicollet sustains itself through the slow, cyclical labor of agriculture, the primary pulse that governs the pace of the days and the character of its people. The history of the settlement remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons, an inheritance of labor that stretches back through generations of tillers who worked the black, stubborn earth. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the Swan Lake State Wildlife Management Area serves as a sanctuary for the migratory life that passes through the flyway, while the Swan Lake Outlet marks the modest drainage of the local watershed. Life here moves with a steady, deliberate gravity, defined not by the rush of industry but by the quiet maintenance of the land and the endurance of a life lived far from the reach of the coasts.

About This Nicollet Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Nicollet, Minnesota. Coordinates: 44.276077, -94.187463. 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 Nicollet includes the ZIP code (56074), telephone area code (320), county seat of Nicollet County (St. Peter), and school district assignment (Nicollet 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.