West Union Minnesota Map

About West Union, Minnesota

West Union is a locality in Todd County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 92. The population density is 80.0 people per km². West Union is located at 45.8008°N, 95.0834°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. West Union is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56389.

West Union occupies a quiet stretch of the Minnesota interior where the land bows slightly to accommodate the steady, persistent flow of Silver Creek. It lies 15.3 miles east-southeast of Alexandria, MN (from Alexandria, MN: bearing 112°T), and is situated 7.7 miles northwest of Sauk Centre. This waterway acts as a natural meridian, carving a path through the earth that dictates the orientation of the surrounding fields and low-lying thickets. West Union Lake sits at the center of this landscape, its surface often acting as a dull, silver mirror for the vast, pale sky that characterizes the upper Midwest. To the north, the terrain remains open and unassuming, defined by the seasonal shift from the verdant growth of summer to the stark, frozen quietude of winter, while the nearby West Union State Wildlife Management Area provides a sanctuary for the local flora and fauna that thrive in the absence of dense urban development.

Agriculture has long served as the silent engine of West Union, with the surrounding grid of farmland reflecting the methodical labor of generations who first broke the prairie soil. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the harvest and the stewardship of the land, preserving a character that is defined more by the necessity of resilience than by the haste of modern commerce. Life here moves in accordance with the turning of the seasons, where the quality of light during the late afternoon—a sharp, golden clarity—illuminates the simple geometry of silos and the enduring, weathered fences that divide the acreage. While Eagle Mountain looms as a distant, hazy silhouette on the horizon, the people of West Union find their focus in the immediate, tangible details of their own soil and the quiet persistence of the creek that continues its slow journey through the fields.

About This West Union Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of West Union, Minnesota. Coordinates: 45.800798, -95.08336. 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 West Union includes the ZIP code (56389), telephone area code (320), county seat of Todd County (Long Prairie), and school district assignment (Osakis 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.