Sherburn Minnesota Map

About Sherburn, Minnesota

Sherburn is a locality in Martin County, Minnesota, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,058. The population density is 444.5 people per km². Sherburn is located at 43.6522°N, 94.7269°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Sherburn is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56171.

Sherburn occupies a broad, level expanse of the prairie where the horizon line stretches thin and sharp against the vast, pale dome of the sky. It lies 13.3 miles west of Fairmont, MN (from Fairmont, MN: bearing 270°T), and is situated 18.1 miles north-northeast of Estherville. The landscape around Sherburn consists of rich, dark soil that seems to hold the light of the sun long after it has dipped below the western edge of the fields. A short distance away, the quiet waters of Fox Lake offer a reflective mirror to the passing clouds, while the nearby Munger Lakebed tells of ancient, shifting depressions in the earth. The slow, deliberate path of County Ditch Number Eleven cuts through the terrain, draining the moisture from the heavy loam and providing a subtle, rhythmic division to the otherwise uniform geometry of the plains.

Agriculture dictates the pulse of Sherburn, where the annual cycle of planting and harvest defines the rhythm of the days and the character of the people who work the land. Grain elevators rise like stoic, industrial sentinels above the houses, marking the presence of a local economy deeply tethered to the productivity of the surrounding farms. Beyond the town limits, the Fox Lake State Wildlife Management Area preserves a fragment of the wilder, uncultivated grasses that once dominated this interior geography. In the quiet transition between seasons, the air turns crisp and carries the scent of turned earth, grounding the residents of Sherburn in a steady, unadorned way of life that values endurance and the quiet labor of the seasons.

About This Sherburn Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sherburn, Minnesota. Coordinates: 43.652178, -94.726925. 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 Sherburn includes the ZIP code (56171), telephone area code (320), county seat of Martin County (Fairmont), and school district assignment (Martin County West 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.