Shafer Minnesota Map

About Shafer, Minnesota

Shafer is a locality in Chisago County, Minnesota, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,142. The population density is 351.9 people per km². Shafer is located at 45.3869°N, 92.7477°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Shafer is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 55074.

Shafer presents a quiet expanse where the light of late afternoon catches the tall, dry grasses of the fields, casting long, thin shadows that stretch toward the horizon. It lies 13.7 miles east-northeast of Forest Lake, MN (from Forest Lake, MN: bearing 57°T), and is situated 7.0 miles east of Chisago City. The landscape surrounding Shafer is defined by a slow, rhythmic transition from open farmland to the dense, quiet timber that edges the nearby Franconia Bluffs State Scientific and Natural Area. Only a mile away, the surface of Bloom Lake holds the sky in a mirror of still, dark water, while the nearby Lawrence Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the soil. To the west, the distant rise of Wild Mountain punctuates the skyline, a reminder of the geologic shifts that once shaped the Saint Croix Dalles, five miles away, into the deep, rocky basin it remains today.

Early settlers who arrived here brought with them the sturdy traditions of Northern European life, establishing a rhythm of labor that still echoes in the way the local economy balances agriculture with the changing needs of the region. The soil, dark and heavy with the potential of the seasons, supports a life that moves in accordance with the long, deep winters of the North Woods. Over time, the area has maintained a character of deliberate, measured growth, where the sound of the wind through the trees often carries more weight than the hum of the modern world. Life in Shafer persists as a steady, grounded endeavor, defined by the people who work the earth and respect the vast, open silence that settles over the land when the sun finally dips below the edge of the plains.

About This Shafer Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Shafer, Minnesota. Coordinates: 45.386908, -92.747711. 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 Shafer includes the ZIP code (55074), telephone area code (612, 952), county seat of Chisago County (Center City), and school district assignment (Chisago Lakes 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.