Orr Minnesota Map

About Orr, Minnesota

Orr is a locality in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 211. The population density is 58.1 people per km². Orr is located at 48.0535°N, 92.8310°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Orr is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 55771.

Orr stretches across a landscape defined by the heavy, dark presence of the North Woods, where the ground is a patchwork of granite outcrops and dense, moisture-holding moss. It lies 43.6 miles north of Hibbing, MN (from Hibbing, MN: bearing 6°T), and is situated 39.1 miles north-northwest of Virginia. Pelican Lake sits at the center of this terrain, its surface often mirroring the slate-gray sky or the deep, needle-laden shadows of the surrounding pines. A mile to the east, the Pelican River winds through the lowlands, carving a slow, deliberate path through the earth. On the distant horizon, the faint, jagged silhouette of the Harrington Hills provides a steady, silent boundary to the flat, expansive timberlands. The air here holds a crisp, biting clarity, smelling faintly of cedar and cold stone, and the light at dusk has a peculiar, bruised quality, turning the trees into stark silhouettes against a cooling sky.

Orr carries the weight of a history rooted in the timber industry, its growth tethered to the rhythm of the sawmills and the seasonal demands of the forest. The Kabetogama Purchase Unit provides a sprawling, protected expanse that dictates the pace of life, keeping the wilderness close enough to brush against the edges of the local roads. People here operate with a quiet, pragmatic endurance, drawing their livelihood from the woods or the seasonal visitors who arrive to traverse the nearby trails of the Kabetogama State Forest. It is a place where the cultural remnants of Scandinavian and Ojibwe influences linger in the quiet habits of the residents, who navigate the long, deep winters with a stoic, unadorned resolve. The economy remains tethered to the land, moving in sync with the freezing of the lakes and the slow, inevitable cycle of the growth and harvest of the timber.

About This Orr Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Orr, Minnesota. Coordinates: 48.053527, -92.831002. 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 Orr includes the ZIP code (55771), telephone area code (218), county seat of St. Louis County (Duluth), and school district assignment (St. Louis County 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.