Explore Wolverton, Minnesota, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Wolverton, Minnesota. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Minnesota or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Wolverton.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Wolverton |
| State | Minnesota (MN) |
| County | Wilkin County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 46.563295 |
| Longitude | -96.73369 |
| Population | 128 |
| Density | 141.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 56594 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| County Seat | Breckenridge |
| School District | Breckenridge Public School District |
Wolverton rises from the flat, heavy soil of the Red River Valley, a place where the horizon stretches thin and taut against the sky. It lies 21.5 miles south of Moorhead, MN (from Moorhead, MN: bearing 176°T), and is situated 15.7 miles south-southeast of Horace. The Red River of the North carves a sluggish, serpentine path just past the edge of the grid, its banks lined with the gnarled skeletons of cottonwoods that lean toward the water as if listening to the seasonal thaw. Beyond the immediate riparian thickets, the terrain opens into a vast, monochrome expanse, where the light at dusk turns the stubble of the fields into a bruised violet, lingering long enough to make the earth seem as infinite as the heavens above. To the west, the subtle depression of Nyqist Coulee marks a slight shift in the topography, a reminder that even in this level world, the land possesses a hidden, subtle architecture of drainage and drift.
Wolverton serves as an enduring sentinel of the prairie, a waypoint forged by the arrival of the railroad and the subsequent promise of grain-rich soil. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest, with silos standing as the primary monuments to a life defined by the cycle of seeding and winter dormancy. While the stillness of the plains dominates the temperament of the inhabitants, the proximity to Manston Marsh State Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary for those who track the migration of geese across the autumn clouds. Life in Wolverton moves with a deliberate, measured cadence, far removed from the bustle of the coast, finding its quiet fulfillment in the stark clarity of the seasons and the enduring legacy of the early settlers who broke this stubborn, fertile ground.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wolverton, Minnesota. Coordinates: 46.563295, -96.73369. 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 Wolverton includes the ZIP code (56594), telephone area code (320), county seat of Wilkin County (Breckenridge), and school district assignment (Breckenridge Public School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |