Roseau Minnesota Map

About Roseau, Minnesota

Roseau is a locality in Roseau County, Minnesota, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,744. The population density is 399.3 people per km². Roseau is located at 48.8461°N, 95.7628°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Roseau is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56751.

Roseau stretches across a vast, level expanse of northern prairie where the horizon pulls the eye toward a sky that seems to possess more depth than the earth itself. It lies 103.2 miles north-northwest of Bemidji, MN (from Bemidji, MN: bearing 337°T), and is situated 53.8 miles north-northeast of Thief River Falls. The Roseau River carves a serpentine path through the landscape, its slow, dark waters reflecting the shifting colors of a climate defined by long, quiet winters and the sudden, verdant intensity of spring. Beyond the town limits, the terrain transitions into the dense, shadowed reaches of the Lost River State Forest, while the distant, faint silhouette of Lone Pine Ridge marks the edge of the visible world. Within the center of the grid, the Main Avenue Pocket Park offers a small, deliberate pause of green, a place to witness the sun as it spills amber light over the flat, expansive plains of the Roseau Lakebed to the west.

Agriculture and specialized manufacturing form the bedrock of the local rhythm, grounding Roseau in a cycle of production that has defined its growth since the earliest settlers arrived to clear the timber and break the soil. The legacy of Scandinavian and Ojibwe influences persists in the sturdy, unpretentious character of the architecture and the deliberate, steady pace of those who work the machinery of the regional economy. Beyond the daily labor, the proximity to the wilderness remains a constant, with Marvin Lake providing a stillness that contrasts with the hum of the production lines. Life in Roseau moves with the seasons, from the deep, insulating snows that turn the fields into a monochromatic expanse to the harvest period when the air carries the scent of dry grain and the promise of the coming frost.

About This Roseau Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Roseau, Minnesota. Coordinates: 48.846093, -95.762766. 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 Roseau includes the ZIP code (56751), telephone area code (320), county seat of Roseau County (Roseau), and school district assignment (Roseau 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.