Mina South Dakota Map

About Mina, South Dakota

Mina is a locality in Edmunds County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 554. The population density is 56.6 people per km². Mina is located at 45.4545°N, 98.7392°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 57451.

Mina anchors itself to the vast, open expanse of the northern plains where the sky claims more territory than the earth. It lies 13.4 miles west of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 261°T), and is situated 88.2 miles west-northwest of Watertown. The horizon stretches in a flat, relentless line, broken only by the deliberate silhouettes of grain elevators and the occasional cluster of shelterbelts that break the wind’s persistent, low-frequency hum. Nearby, the water of Lake Parmley reflects the pale, washed-out blue of a high-latitude afternoon, while the nearby Snake Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the tall grasses. When the sun begins to retreat, it leaves behind a bruised, amber light that clarifies the texture of the fields, turning the soil into a dark, rich velvet that seems to hold the day's heat long after the air has turned crisp.

Mina persists as a quiet node of agricultural industry, defined by the seasonal pulse of planting and the heavy, golden labor of the harvest. The proximity of Mina West offers a reprieve from the machinery of the fields, providing a space where the prairie grass moves in rhythmic, silver waves under the weight of a passing breeze. Life in Mina moves with a measured, deliberate pace, shaped by a history of homesteading families who learned to read the moods of the weather as if it were a written language. There is a spare, functional grace to the local life here, where the economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding acreage and the quiet endurance of the people who call this stretch of the plains their own.

About This Mina Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mina, South Dakota. Coordinates: 45.454528, -98.73919. 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 Mina includes the ZIP code (57451), telephone area code (605), county seat of Edmunds County (Ipswich), and school district assignment (Ipswich School District 22-6).

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.