Vergas Minnesota Map

About Vergas, Minnesota

Vergas is a locality in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 348. The population density is 85.8 people per km². Vergas is located at 46.6566°N, 95.8053°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Vergas is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56587.

Vergas occupies a quiet intersection of glacial memory and prairie transition, where the land rises into subtle, verdant swells that define the local horizon. It lies 11.3 miles south of Detroit Lakes, MN (from Detroit Lakes, MN: bearing 170°T), and is situated 11.9 miles west-northwest of Perham. Long Lake presses against the edge of the settlement, its surface acting as a mirror for the shifting, bruised purples of an approaching twilight. Five miles to the west, the Otter Tail River traces a meandering path through the lowlands, drawing moisture into the soil and feeding the dense pockets of woodland that break the monotony of the open fields. A mile away, the Loon Lake State Aquatic Management Area (Otter Tail) preserves a fragment of the wilder, marshy terrain that once dominated this interior landscape, offering a sanctuary where the air feels heavy with the scent of damp earth and cooling grass.

Vergas maintains a steady, deliberate pulse, rooted in an economy that has long favored the careful stewardship of land and the resilience of small-scale commerce. The architecture of the streets reflects a heritage of practical construction, with structures built to withstand the long, white winters that turn the world into a stillness of ice and shadow. Beyond the local storefronts, the influence of the regional geography is inescapable; the proximity of Detroit Mountain, while distant enough to remain a blue-tinted silhouette on the skyline, serves as a reminder of the geological forces that carved the surrounding basin. Life here proceeds with a functional grace, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of labor and the quietude of the evening, marking Vergas as a place where the connection between the inhabitant and the immediate, unadorned terrain remains unbroken.

About This Vergas Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Vergas, Minnesota. Coordinates: 46.656626, -95.805326. 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 Vergas includes the ZIP code (56587), telephone area code (320), county seat of Otter Tail County (Fergus Falls), and school district assignment (Frazee-Vergas 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.