Renville Minnesota Map

About Renville, Minnesota

Renville is a locality in Renville County, Minnesota, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,301. The population density is 380.3 people per km². Renville is located at 44.7891°N, 95.2117°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Renville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56284.

Renville occupies a vast, horizontal expanse of the Minnesota prairie where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 24.4 miles south-southwest of Willmar, MN (from Willmar, MN: bearing 200°T), and is situated 17.9 miles north-northwest of Redwood Falls. The horizon stretches thin and taut, broken only by the persistent geometry of grain elevators and the occasional shelterbelt of trees that guards against the restless wind. Two miles away, the quiet passage of Sacred Heart Creek marks a subtle depression in the flatland, while the Renville County Waterfowl Production Area four miles distant offers a sprawling sanctuary for migratory birds amidst the cultivated fields. Nine miles to the north, the elevation of Middag Knutea provides a rare, modest lift to the terrain, a singular point of reference in an otherwise seamless reach of soil that turns a deep, bruised purple under the weight of a summer storm.

Agriculture serves as the pulse of Renville, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the cadence of every morning and the heavy, golden stillness of late afternoon. Generations of families have worked this dark, productive loam, grounding the local identity in the steady cycles of planting and harvest that define the regional economy. Long Lake sits nine miles away, a quiet basin that mirrors the shifting gray and amber tones of the clouds, offering a brief reprieve from the industrious pace of the surrounding plains. The character of Renville remains etched by the quiet persistence of its people, who carry on their daily affairs with a stoic grace, finding beauty in the stark, unadorned utility of a landscape that demands both labor and respect.

About This Renville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Renville, Minnesota. Coordinates: 44.789126, -95.211673. 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 Renville includes the ZIP code (56284), telephone area code (320), county seat of Renville County (Olivia), and school district assignment (Renville County West 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.