Vermillion Minnesota Map

About Vermillion, Minnesota

Vermillion is a locality in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 441. The population density is 172.9 people per km². Vermillion is located at 44.6736°N, 92.9672°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Vermillion is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 55085.

Vermillion emerges from the flat, expansive plains of the Upper Midwest as a place where the sky commands a vast and humbling presence over the earth. It lies 7.4 miles southwest of Hastings, MN (from Hastings, MN: bearing 230°T), and is situated 9.0 miles east-southeast of Rosemount. The Vermillion River carves a quiet, serpentine path through the terrain, its waters cooling the soil and feeding the verdant margins of the Vermillion River State Aquatic Management Area (Dakota), where the tall grasses sway in the rhythmic, insistent push of the prairie wind. Five miles to the north, the surface of Spring Lake mirrors the shifting moods of the clouds, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Warrentown Ridge anchors the horizon against the encroaching gray of a winter sky. The air here holds a crisp, clean clarity, tasting of turned earth and the impending frost that defines the changing seasons in this inland basin.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Vermillion, with rows of corn and soybean stretching toward the horizon, marking the slow, deliberate turn of the year. The settlement grew from the stubborn labor of pioneers who recognized the fertility of these plains, establishing a rhythm of life that still favors the steady hand of the farmer and the local harvest over the frantic pace of the distant city. Beyond the immediate fields, the depression of Pine Coulee serves as a reminder of the ancient forces that shaped this landscape long before the first plow broke the sod. Life in Vermillion moves with the quiet confidence of a place that understands its own roots, finding beauty in the stark, golden light of late autumn and the enduring, silent strength of the land.

About This Vermillion Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Vermillion, Minnesota. Coordinates: 44.673578, -92.967154. 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 Vermillion includes the ZIP code (55085), telephone area code (612, 952), county seat of Dakota County (Hastings), and school district assignment (Hastings 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.