South Haven Minnesota Map

About South Haven, Minnesota

South Haven is a locality in Wright County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 185. The population density is 112.5 people per km². South Haven is located at 45.2925°N, 94.2119°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. South Haven is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 55382.

South Haven emerges from the flat, glacial plains of central Minnesota, a collection of low-slung buildings and quiet streets that hold the stillness of the interior continent. It lies 18.4 miles west-northwest of Buffalo, MN (from Buffalo, MN: bearing 297°T), and is situated 4.7 miles west-northwest of Annandale. The horizon here is vast, an expansive sky that presses down upon the fields and the scattered copses of hardwood, where the light at dusk turns a bruised, metallic violet that seems to swallow the distant tree lines. Only a mile away, the Clearwater River carves a sluggish, winding path through the dark earth, its banks thick with reeds and heavy, damp loam. To the west, the surface of Lake Marie acts as a silvered mirror for the passing clouds, anchoring the landscape in a stillness that persists even when the wind stirs the tall grasses of the A Shau Valley State Wildlife Management Area just two miles to the south.

Agriculture and the slow, grinding cycles of the seasons dictate the rhythm of life in South Haven, where the legacy of early homesteaders lingers in the sturdy, weathered timber of older barns and the austere lines of the town’s architecture. The economy remains tethered to the soil and the practical needs of the surrounding farms, favoring the steady labor of harvest and the quiet maintenance of machinery over the frantic pace of larger hubs. Winters here are long and absolute, turning the world into a monochromatic study of gray ice and white drifts, yet the arrival of spring brings a sudden, violent resurgence of life, as the thaw releases the grip of the frost and the land softens into a deep, saturated green. It is a place of deliberate endurance, where the inhabitants move with the measured patience of those who have long understood that the land demands respect before it yields its abundance.

About This South Haven Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of South Haven, Minnesota. Coordinates: 45.292465, -94.21193. 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 South Haven includes the ZIP code (55382), telephone area code (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.