Oklee Minnesota Map

About Oklee, Minnesota

Oklee is a locality in Red Lake County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 413. The population density is 212.6 people per km². Oklee is located at 47.8391°N, 95.8545°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Oklee is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56742.

Oklee maintains a quiet vigilance over the vast, flat expanse of the Red River Valley where the horizon seems to stretch into an infinite, pale gray seam. It lies 51.9 miles west-northwest of Bemidji, MN (from Bemidji, MN: bearing 299°T), and is situated 24.5 miles southeast of Thief River Falls. The Lost River cuts a shallow, meandering path through the earth nearby, its dark waters providing a subtle pulse to the surrounding plains of cultivated black soil. During the long, cold months, the light takes on a brittle, metallic quality that turns the stubble of the harvested fields into rows of silver needles under a low-hanging sun. Beyond the immediate grid of the streets, the landscape remains open and unsheltered, save for the occasional shelterbelt of hardy trees planted to break the relentless wind. Six miles to the east, the stillness of Evenmoe Lake settles into the landscape, offering a singular point of focus amidst the otherwise level, agricultural grid.

Oklee exists as a reflection of the enduring agrarian labor that defines this part of the plains, where the economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the planting and harvest seasons. The history of the region is written in the grain elevators that rise like monoliths above the skyline, silent sentinels of a local trade that has persisted for generations. Residents find a distinct, solitary beauty in the isolation of the prairie, a stark contrast to the dense, wooded expanse of the Crane State Wildlife Management Area seven miles away, where the brush grows thick and undisturbed. Life in Oklee moves with the steady, deliberate pace of the seasons, characterized by a stoic endurance and a deep familiarity with the shifting temperaments of the northern climate. Each day here is marked by the slow passage of clouds across an immense sky, a reminder of the scale of the land and the quiet resilience of those who tend it.

About This Oklee Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Oklee, Minnesota. Coordinates: 47.839127, -95.85447. 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 Oklee includes the ZIP code (56742), telephone area code (320), county seat of Red Lake County (Red Lake Falls), and school district assignment (Red Lake County Central Public Schools).

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.