St. James Minnesota Map

About St. James, Minnesota

St. James is a locality in Watonwan County, Minnesota, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,767. The population density is 748.6 people per km². St. James is located at 43.9825°N, 94.6269°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 56081.

St. James rests on a broad, gently rolling prairie, a landscape defined by the endless, sweeping arcs of the sky. It lies 17.1 miles south of Brown, MN (from Brown, MN: bearing 177°T), and is situated 8.5 miles east-north-east of Butterfield. The land here is a rich, dark loam, a testament to centuries of prairie grasses that once bowed and whispered in the wind, now yielding to the ordered rows of cultivated fields. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a dry, sun-baked scent, a subtle sweetness of ripening corn and distant alfalfa. The horizon is a clean, unblemished line, broken only by the occasional cluster of mature trees surrounding farmsteads or the distant, silver glint of a drainage ditch, a quiet serpentine thread across the vast expanse. Even the clouds seem to move with a grander, more deliberate pace, their shadows drifting like slow, colossal ships across the sun-drenched earth. The history of St. James is etched in the agricultural heart of southern Minnesota, a place built by the plow and the promise of fertile ground. Its economy has long been rooted in the bounty of the surrounding farmland, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels to the season's yield. While the echoes of earlier agricultural booms and busts can still be felt in the sturdy, brick buildings downtown, a modern resilience has emerged, adapting to changing times. The Watonwan River, though not a grand waterway, flows nearby, a modest ribbon of water that has sustained life and agriculture since the first settlers arrived, its banks a haven for the local flora and fauna, a subtle counterpoint to the open sky.

About This St. James Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of St. James, Minnesota — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 43.982458, -94.626918. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on St. James and Watonwan County.

Detailed location data for St. James includes the ZIP code (56081), telephone area code (320), county seat of Watonwan County (St. James), and school district assignment (St. James Public School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct St. James is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.