Tintah Minnesota Map

About Tintah, Minnesota

Tintah is a locality in Traverse County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 67. The population density is 34.4 people per km². Tintah is located at 46.0097°N, 96.3226°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Tintah is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56583.

Tintah occupies a vast, level expanse of the prairie, where the horizon exerts a pull as magnetic as the sky itself. It lies 22.2 miles south-southwest of Fergus Falls, MN (from Fergus Falls, MN: bearing 212°T), and is situated 22.3 miles southeast of Wahpeton. The landscape around Tintah defines itself through the long, quiet reach of open fields that shimmer under the heat of midsummer or stiffen into a stark, monochromatic stillness when the winter frost descends. Two miles to the east, the South Fork Rabbit River traces a modest, winding path through the soil, its presence marked more by the subtle dip of the terrain and a thickening of brush than by any grand spectacle of water. Eight miles away, the waters of Mud Lake offer a muted reflection of the clouds, a quiet basin that serves as a reminder of the ancient, slow-moving geology that shaped these plains long before the first fence lines were drawn.

Tintah emerged from the expansion of the railways, serving as a vital point of transit for the grain that once fueled the regional economy. The rhythm of life here remains tied to the cycles of the harvest, a legacy of the settlers who broke the heavy sod to carve out a living from the deep, dark earth. While the bustling commerce of the early era has shifted, the quiet persistence of the surrounding farmland continues to define the character of Tintah. The nearby Grant County Waterfowl Production Area stands as an enduring acknowledgment of the wilder, undisturbed prairie, providing a sanctuary where the light at dusk catches the tall grasses in a golden, fleeting glow, turning the flat horizon into a stage for the slow, descending shadows of the day.

About This Tintah Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Tintah, Minnesota. Coordinates: 46.009682, -96.322564. 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 Tintah includes the ZIP code (56583), telephone area code (320), county seat of Traverse County (Wheaton), and school district assignment (Campbell-Tintah 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.