Norcross Minnesota Map
Norcross, 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 Norcross, Grant County.
Interactive Map of Norcross, Minnesota
| City | Norcross |
| State | Minnesota (MN) |
| County | Grant |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 45.869127 |
| Longitude | -96.19756 |
| Population | 106 |
| Density | 29.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Norcross, Minnesota
Norcross is a locality in Grant County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 106. The population density is 29.2 people per km². Norcross is located at 45.8691°N, 96.1976°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 56274.
Norcross lies open to the immense Minnesota sky, a quiet scattering of buildings on the prairie. It lies 74.5 miles south-south-east of Moorhead, MN (from Moorhead, MN: bearing 158°T), and is situated 15.2 miles east-north-east of Wheaton. The land here is a vast, flat expanse, broken only by the gentle rise and fall of glacial till, a subtle topography that speaks of ancient ice. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch to the horizon, their green and gold a shifting mosaic under the sun, punctuated by the darker, richer earth of fallow land. The air, when it’s not carrying the scent of ripening grain, is clean and sharp, carrying the distant hum of tractors and the calls of unseen birds. Evenings here can be spectacular, the western sky bleeding into shades of apricot and rose, a silent, slow-motion spectacle that washes over the fields and the few houses that dot the landscape. The story of Norcross is tied to the agricultural heart of Grant County, a place where farming has always been the primary endeavor. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile soil, established homesteads that grew into the small but resilient community that is Norcross today. The economy remains rooted in the cultivation of the land, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels to the bounty of the harvest. There's a quiet pride here, a persistence that echoes the endurance of the prairie itself. While not a place of grand monuments, Norcross possesses a distinct character, forged by the rhythm of the seasons and the unwavering dedication of its people to the land that sustains them.
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About This Norcross Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Norcross, 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 Norcross and Grant County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Norcross 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 Norcross 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. |
