Shevlin Minnesota Map

About Shevlin, Minnesota

Shevlin is a locality in Clearwater County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 137. The population density is 65.7 people per km². Shevlin is located at 47.5302°N, 95.2586°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Shevlin is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56676.

Shevlin emerges from the northern expanse as a quiet collection of structures held within a landscape of glacial till and resilient timber. It lies 18.1 miles west-northwest of Bemidji, MN (from Bemidji, MN: bearing 283°T), and is situated 56.5 miles north-northeast of Detroit Lakes. The horizon here is defined by the heavy, low-hanging sky of the interior plains, where the air holds a sharp, clean clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of the distant horizon. Only a mile away, the Little Mississippi River traces a narrow, serpentine path through the soil, its current muted by the dense surrounding vegetation. To the west, the land rises into the shadowed canopy of the White Earth State Forest, while the waters of Daniel Lake sit in a nearby depression, reflecting the shifting hues of a pale, high-latitude sun. The terrain in the immediate vicinity of Shevlin is marked by the varied topography of Miscellaneous, a Special Recreation Management Area that preserves the unadorned, rugged character of the local earth.

Economic life in Shevlin has long been tethered to the rhythms of the timber harvest and the hard-won yields of northern soil. Settlers moved into these woods with the intention of carving a livelihood from the thick stands of pine and hardwood, building a community that values self-reliance and the slow, deliberate pace of the changing seasons. The heritage of the region remains layered, reflecting the intersection of agrarian ambition and the deep, enduring presence of the Ojibwe people who walked these paths long before the arrival of the rail line. Today, the stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the occasional passage of a vehicle or the wind moving through the conifers, reminding those who live here that the land dictates the tempo of human enterprise. Life in Shevlin persists as a steady, quiet continuity, grounded in the reality of deep winters and the enduring, quiet beauty of the North Woods.

About This Shevlin Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Shevlin, Minnesota. Coordinates: 47.530233, -95.258623. 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 Shevlin includes the ZIP code (56676), telephone area code (320), county seat of Clearwater County (Bagley), and school district assignment (Bagley 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.