Winger Minnesota Map

About Winger, Minnesota

Winger is a locality in Polk County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 174. The population density is 207.4 people per km². Winger is located at 47.5361°N, 95.9884°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Winger is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56592.

Winger emerges from the expansive horizon of the upper Midwest as a quiet intersection of flat, fertile prairie and the persistent reach of the North Woods. It lies 50.1 miles north of Detroit Lakes, MN (from Detroit Lakes, MN: bearing 352°T), and is situated 33.2 miles east-southeast of Crookston. The landscape surrounding Winger is defined by wide, level expanses that catch the low-slung, golden light of autumn, casting long, thin shadows across the fields that seem to stretch toward the distant, hazy rise of Frenchmans Bluff. Only two miles to the east, the Polk County Waterfowl Production Area provides a sanctuary for migratory birds, while the nearby Sand Hill River cuts a subtle, meandering path through the loam. During the winter months, the air turns sharp and crystalline, settling over the frozen surface of Tee Lake in a stillness that hums with the profound, solitary weight of the plains.

History here is written in the sturdy, deliberate architecture of early settlers who found in this soil a promise of endurance. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons, dominated by the cycles of planting and harvest that dictate the pace of life for those who work the land. Winger retains a character forged by the legacy of Scandinavian pioneers, whose influence persists in the modest, clean lines of the buildings and a cultural preference for understated industry. Even as the modern world encroaches, the daily life of Winger continues to revolve around the quiet necessities of the land, marked by the steady, unadorned work of farmers and the slow rotation of the seasons against an infinite, pale sky.

About This Winger Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Winger, Minnesota. Coordinates: 47.536073, -95.988372. 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 Winger includes the ZIP code (56592), telephone area code (320), county seat of Polk County (Crookston), and school district assignment (Win-E-Mac 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.