Ostrander Minnesota Map

About Ostrander, Minnesota

Ostrander is a locality in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 231. The population density is 187.8 people per km². Ostrander is located at 43.6136°N, 92.4279°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ostrander is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 55961.

Ostrander sits amidst a vast, quiet expanse of Midwestern prairie where the horizon line remains unbroken by anything save for the occasional silo or the distant, dark silhouette of the Minnesota Memorial Hardwood State Forest. It lies 27.6 miles east of Austin, MN (from Austin, MN: bearing 97°T), and is situated 5.4 miles south-southwest of Spring Valley. The land here is defined by a slow, rhythmic patience, characterized by flat, fertile expanses that catch the low autumn light in a way that turns the earth the color of weathered copper. A mile to the north, the South Branch Root River cuts a modest, winding path through the soil, offering a cool, steady pulse to the landscape that persists even when the winds grow sharp and the fields lie fallow under a pale, wide sky. Beyond the cultivated grid of the fields, the Goethite State Wildlife Management Area provides a sanctuary of wilder, unmanicured grasses and brush, serving as a reminder of the prairie that existed long before the plow first turned this dirt.

Ostrander carries the quiet weight of a regional history rooted deeply in the cycles of agriculture and the determined labor of those who settled this inland plain. Life here moves in accordance with the turning of the seasons, where the economy remains tethered to the health of the soil and the success of the harvest, creating a sense of continuity that feels remarkably undisturbed by the frenetic pace of the world beyond. While the nearest recreation, such as the waters of Lake Hendricks, lies well to the west, the local identity is firmly grounded in the immediate reach of the horizon and the reliable, daily persistence of the people who call this place home. It is a quietude born of distance and open space, where the quality of the air at dusk, cold and smelling faintly of turned earth and dry stalks, serves as the most familiar measure of the passing day.

About This Ostrander Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ostrander, Minnesota. Coordinates: 43.613575, -92.42795. 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 Ostrander includes the ZIP code (55961), telephone area code (218), county seat of Fillmore County (Preston), and school district assignment (LeRoy-Ostrander 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.