St. Stephen Minnesota Map

About St. Stephen, Minnesota

St. Stephen is a locality in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 797. The population density is 82.7 people per km². St. Stephen is located at 45.7027°N, 94.2744°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. St. Stephen is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56375.

St. Stephen occupies a quiet expanse of the Minnesota interior where the horizon broadens into a pale, immense theater for the changing seasons. It lies 6.5 miles north-northwest of Sartell, MN (from Sartell, MN: bearing 330°T), and is situated 9.3 miles northwest of Sauk Rapids. Low-lying fields stretch toward the horizon in shades of ochre and deep green, punctuated only by the occasional stand of timber or the deliberate, straight line of County Ditch Number Twelve cutting through the earth a mile to the south. The air here holds a crisp, bracing clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of the barns and silos, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Ripley Esker rises twenty-nine miles away like a slumbering spine against the sky. To the west, the Stearns County Waterfowl Production Area offers a sanctuary of tall grasses and marshy stillness, a place where the light at dusk settles in heavy, golden layers over the prairie.

St. Stephen grew from the persistence of early settlers who understood the value of this fertile, stubborn soil, grounding their lives in the rhythm of agriculture and local industry. The economy remains tethered to the land and the modest commerce of a community that favors utility and steady labor over the frantic pace of larger centers. While Bakers Lake lies four miles distant, its presence is felt in the way the land retains moisture and the way the evening mist clings to the low hollows. The character of the place is defined by a deep, unspoken resilience, a legacy of families who have worked these plains for generations, marking time by the slow turn of the harvest and the long, quiet endurance of the winter months.

About This St. Stephen Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of St. Stephen, Minnesota. Coordinates: 45.702743, -94.27444. 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 St. Stephen includes the ZIP code (56375), telephone area code (320), county seat of Stearns County (St. Cloud), and school district assignment (Sartell-St. Stephen 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.