Sedan Minnesota Map

About Sedan, Minnesota

Sedan is a locality in Pope County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 43. The population density is 32.8 people per km². Sedan is located at 45.5755°N, 95.2481°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Sedan is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56334.

Sedan occupies a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of the prairie, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a sky that seems to hold more light than the earth below. It lies 22.3 miles south-southeast of Alexandria, MN (from Alexandria, MN: bearing 164°T), and is situated 8.6 miles southeast of Glenwood. The terrain is marked by the subtle, glacial-carved contours of the regional topography, a place where the stillness of McCloud Lake, only a mile distant, mirrors the drifting clouds of an endless Minnesota afternoon. Beyond the immediate fields, the landscape transition toward the Sedan State Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of tall grasses and native brush that shiver in the prevailing winds. To the west, the East Branch Chippewa River traces a slow, deliberate path through the lowlands, its waters providing a steady, rhythmic pulse to the surrounding fields. The air here carries a crisp, clean weight, particularly as the sun begins to dip toward the distant silhouette of Blue Mounds, casting long, violet shadows that stretch across the stubble of the harvested crops.

Agriculture remains the primary anchor of the local economy, with the rhythm of the seasons dictating the pace of life in Sedan far more than any clock. The settlement bears the quiet marks of its history, a heritage of industrious hands that turned the heavy soil into a productive expanse of grain and pasture. While the world beyond moves with an frantic, unseen velocity, Sedan maintains a deliberate gravity, where the maintenance of farm equipment and the seasonal cycle of planting and harvest dictate the communal schedule. The land holds a particular, austere beauty in the autumn, when the golden hues of the plains harmonize with the pale, thin light of the North, turning the fields into a vast expanse of shifting amber. It is a place where the silence of the winter months is not an absence, but a presence, settling over the plains with a weight that demands respect and a quiet, stoic endurance from those who call the region home.

About This Sedan Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sedan, Minnesota. Coordinates: 45.575519, -95.248085. 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 Sedan includes the ZIP code (56334), telephone area code (320), county seat of Pope County (Glenwood), and school district assignment (Minnewaska 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.