Rice Minnesota Map

About Rice, Minnesota

Rice is a locality in Benton County, Minnesota, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,975. The population density is 133.7 people per km². Rice is located at 45.7586°N, 94.2429°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Rice is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56367.

Rice emerges from the flat, open expanse of central Minnesota as a quiet collection of buildings defined by the wide, pale light of the northern plains. It lies 9.0 miles north of Sartell, MN (from Sartell, MN: bearing 356°T), and is situated 13.5 miles north-northwest of St. Cloud. Cloud. The horizon here is vast and unencumbered, allowing the sky to dominate the landscape until it meets the subtle, irregular line of the earth in a blur of muted greens and browns. Moisture gathers in the low-lying basins nearby, where the winding path of Little Rock Creek carves a slow, deliberate channel through the soil, feeding the nearby expanse of Little Rock Lake. To the distant west, the faint, jagged silhouette of the Ripley Esker provides a rare vertical anchor to a territory otherwise characterized by the steady, horizontal persistence of fields and scattered woodland.

Agricultural roots remain deep in the soil of Rice, though the rhythm of the day has shifted from the labor of the plow to the steady movement of commuters traveling toward the nearby industrial centers. The heritage of the region lingers in the stoic architecture of the older storefronts, which hold their own against the encroaching silence of the prairie. Beyond the immediate grid of the streets, the Michaelson Farm State Wildlife Management Area offers a preserved corridor of native brush and grasses, providing a sanctuary for the wildlife that has long navigated these plains. Life here moves with a deliberate, tempered pace, shaped by the memory of harsh winters and the brief, brilliant intensity of the growing season that colors the fields in shades of gold and amber.

About This Rice Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rice, Minnesota. Coordinates: 45.758617, -94.242906. 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 Rice includes the ZIP code (56367), telephone area code (320), county seat of Benton County (Foley), and school district assignment (Sauk Rapids-Rice 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.