Wanda Minnesota Map

About Wanda, Minnesota

Wanda is a locality in Redwood County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 72. The population density is 107.3 people per km². Wanda is located at 44.3163°N, 95.2117°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Wanda is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56294.

Wanda occupies a quiet stretch of the Minnesota prairie where the horizon line remains unbroken by anything save for the occasional silhouette of a grain elevator or a cluster of wind-bent trees. It lies 28.7 miles west-northwest of Brown, MN (from Brown, MN: bearing 282°T), and is situated 16.1 miles south-southwest of Redwood Falls. The land here holds the stillness of the deep interior, far removed from the coast, defined instead by the heavy, fertile soil that shifts in color from deep chocolate to pale dust depending on the season’s rain. Willow Lake State Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of tall grasses and seasonal wetlands that spill across the local terrain, while the nearby Sleepy Eye Creek carves a slow, meandering path through the earth, marking the land with a ribbon of persistent moisture. During the long, clear evenings of autumn, the light turns a sharp, translucent gold, catching the edges of the fields and giving the air a brittle, expectant quality that seems to suspend the world in a moment of absolute clarity.

Wanda grew from the necessity of the harvest, its history bound to the iron-willed efforts of those who broke the sod to cultivate the vast, open plains. The local economy persists as a reflection of this agrarian heritage, where the rhythm of the day aligns with the turning of the seasons and the demands of the surrounding fields. Farther out, the Three Lakes Lakebed serves as a reminder of the shifting geologic past, a hollow in the landscape that contrasts with the steady, industrious pace of life within the grid of streets. While Hurricane Lake remains a distant point of reference on the map, the people of Wanda focus their attention closer to home, where the echoes of Scandinavian and regional traditions inform the quiet resilience of the neighborhood. It is a place where the work is tangible and the silence of the winter months provides a heavy, contemplative blanket over the landscape, demanding a patience that has become the hallmark of the local character.

About This Wanda Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wanda, Minnesota. Coordinates: 44.316346, -95.211664. 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 Wanda includes the ZIP code (56294), telephone area code (320), county seat of Redwood County (Redwood Falls), and school district assignment (Wabasso 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.