Slayton Minnesota Map

About Slayton, Minnesota

Slayton is a locality in Murray County, Minnesota, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,013. The population density is 396.5 people per km². Slayton is located at 43.9877°N, 95.7558°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Slayton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56172.

Slayton occupies a quiet expanse of the prairie, where the horizon stretches wide enough to hold the vast, pale light of a Minnesota sky. It lies 26.6 miles north-northwest of Worthington, MN (from Worthington, MN: bearing 343°T), and is situated 18.3 miles south-southwest of Tracy. The terrain is defined by the subtle, rhythmic lift of the earth, punctuated by the distant, hazy silhouette of Buffalo Ridge rising thirteen miles to the west. A mile away, Beaver Creek carves a thin, vital path through the soil, offering a cool relief to the grasses that ripple in the constant wind. Two miles distant, the waters of Big Slough catch the sunset in a mirror of muted silver, while the nearby H.C. Southwick State Wildlife Management Area provides a sanctuary for the land’s wilder inhabitants. Not far from these reaches, the shallow depression of Beauty Lakebed suggests a landscape shaped by ancient, slow-moving waters that have long since receded into the deep, dark loam.

Slayton serves as a steady anchor for the surrounding agricultural life, where the economy remains deeply tied to the rhythms of planting and harvest. The streets carry the echoes of early settlers who recognized the promise in these fertile plains, establishing a culture built on endurance and a neighborly reliance that persists through the long, quiet winters. Grain elevators rise like monoliths above the grid, marking the town’s enduring commitment to the trade that sustains the region. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, characterized by a certain clarity of purpose that is found in the way the light catches the metallic glint of machinery or the frost upon a windowpane. It is a place where the history of the soil is written in every furrow, and the people maintain a grounded, pragmatic grace as they watch the changing colors of the fields under the immense, unblinking dome of the prairie air.

About This Slayton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Slayton, Minnesota. Coordinates: 43.987742, -95.755846. 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 Slayton includes the ZIP code (56172), telephone area code (320), county seat of Murray County (Slayton), and school district assignment (Murray County Central 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.