Plummer Minnesota Map

About Plummer, Minnesota

Plummer is a locality in Red Lake County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 276. The population density is 39.9 people per km². Plummer is located at 47.9114°N, 96.0417°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Plummer is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56748.

Plummer spreads across the flat, expansive horizon of the Red River Valley, where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 61.9 miles west-northwest of Bemidji, MN (from Bemidji, MN: bearing 300°T), and is situated 15.7 miles south-southeast of Thief River Falls. The Clearwater River carves a quiet, meandering path through the landscape, its dark waters reflecting the shifting moods of a vast and open firmament. During the deep, biting winters, the frost turns the grasses into brittle silver needles, and the air grows so still that the sound of a distant tractor carries for miles across the frozen plains. Three miles away, the Emardville State Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary for the tall, pale grasses and the wandering deer, while the landscape beyond remains defined by the patient, enduring work of the seasons.

Plummer maintains an economy tethered to the rhythmic cycles of the harvest, where the soil dictates the pace of the calendar as firmly as the clock. The settlement emerged from the persistence of early pioneers who looked at the endless prairie and saw a future in the deep, black loam that defines the regional character. While the quietude of the surroundings might suggest isolation, there is a steady pulse here, maintained by those who have long recognized the subtle beauty of a landscape that demands both labor and respect. Thirteen miles to the east, the waters of Seiger Group Pond hold the silence of the woods, a mirror for the same expansive sky that watches over the grain elevators and the steady, unpretentious daily life that defines Plummer.

About This Plummer Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Plummer, Minnesota. Coordinates: 47.911353, -96.0417. 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 Plummer includes the ZIP code (56748), 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.