Roscoe Minnesota Map

About Roscoe, Minnesota

Roscoe is a locality in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 130. The population density is 81.1 people per km². Roscoe is located at 45.4323°N, 94.6365°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Roscoe is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 55983, 56371.

Roscoe claims its place upon the expansive, open plains of central Minnesota, where the horizon stretches wide enough to swallow the light of a fading sun. It lies 20.5 miles northwest of Rochester, MN (from Rochester, MN: bearing 313°T), and is situated 7.0 miles southwest of Zumbrota. Dry Run Creek winds through the low-lying prairie just a mile from the center, its current often muted by the thick grasses that lean toward the water. To the west, the subtle rise of Irish Ridge marks the far edge of the sky, a distant, hazy serration that anchors the flat expanse. The air here holds a crisp, dry weight, particularly when the season turns and the frost begins to silver the fields, leaving the land in a state of quiet, dormant anticipation. Beyond the immediate reach of the streets, the Roscoe State Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of brush and marsh, providing a refuge for the migratory life that defines this northern interior.

Roscoe maintains a rhythm dictated by the cycles of the soil and the legacy of those who first broke the prairie sod. The economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding acreage, where the orderly rows of crops reflect a long-standing commitment to the land’s heavy, black earth. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a season’s labor, far removed from the frantic pulse of larger centers, though the proximity of Shady Lake eleven miles away offers a quiet respite for those who seek the stillness of open water. The character of the locality is forged in the endurance of deep winters and the shared labor of the harvest, fostering a culture of self-reliance that has persisted through generations. Even as the modern world encroaches, Roscoe preserves a stillness in its streets, a reminder of a life measured not by speed, but by the steady, unrelenting turn of the year.

About This Roscoe Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Roscoe, Minnesota. Coordinates: 45.432334, -94.636518. 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 Roscoe includes the ZIP code (55983, 56371), telephone area code (218, 320), county seat of Goodhue County (Red Wing), and school district assignment (Paynesville Public 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.