Silver Creek Minnesota Map

About Silver Creek, Minnesota

Silver Creek is a locality in Wright County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 254. The population density is 65.8 people per km². Silver Creek is located at 45.3082°N, 93.9864°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 55616, 55358.

Silver Creek defines the landscape where the eponymous Silver Creek carves a persistent, winding path through the dense, loamy soil of the central plains. It lies 9.0 miles west of Monticello, MN (from Monticello, MN: bearing 274°T), and is situated 7.4 miles southwest of Becker. Silver Lake sits at the center of the terrain, its surface often mirroring the heavy, slate-colored clouds that drift across the expanse during the long transition into winter. The air here holds a crisp, biting quality that seems to sharpen the edges of the surrounding woodland, where the ground rises into subtle, glacially-smoothed ridges that stretch toward the distant horizon. In the quiet hours of dusk, the light catches the reeds at the water’s edge, turning the vegetation into a pale, translucent gold that glows against the darkening fields.

Settlers arrived in Silver Creek seeking the promise of fertile earth, establishing a modest economy rooted in the cyclical rhythms of agriculture and the careful stewardship of the land. The proximity of Lake Maria State Park preserves the integrity of the local ecosystem, offering a sanctuary of oak savanna and prairie that remains largely untouched by the slow expansion of regional industry. Life in Silver Creek moves with the steady, deliberate pace of the seasons, shaped by the heritage of those who first cleared the brush to build modest homesteads. Even now, the community maintains a quiet resilience, finding its strength in the deep, frozen silence of the winter months and the brief, frantic productivity of the harvest when the fields yield their final, dusty bounty.

About This Silver Creek Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Silver Creek, Minnesota. Coordinates: 45.308206, -93.98638. 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 Silver Creek includes the ZIP code (55616, 55358), telephone area code (218, 612, 952), county seat of Wright County (Buffalo), and school district assignment (Annandale 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.