{"id":5010,"date":"2023-07-02T17:30:39","date_gmt":"2023-07-02T17:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=5010"},"modified":"2026-08-22T01:45:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T01:45:45","slug":"mahnomen-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/mahnomen-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahnomen County, Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mahnomen County is a county in Minnesota, United States, on the eastern edge of the Red River Valley. It had a population of 5,411 at the 2020 census and covers 583 square miles (1,510 km2) — 558 square miles (1,450 km2) of land and 25 square miles (65 km2) of water — centred near 47°20′N 95°49′W.<\/p>\n

Mahnomen is the county seat and its postal code is 56557. The county has 3 incorporated cities and a scatter of unincorporated communities and mobile-home parks, all lying within the White Earth Indian Reservation. It observes Central time.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Mahnomen County<\/h2>\n

Mahnomen County has 3 incorporated cities and around a dozen smaller unincorporated communities and named developments. Most of the unincorporated places are small lakeside or reservation settlements with no separate census count. CDP = census-designated place; Unincorp. = unincorporated community.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Mahnomen<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n1,204<\/td>\n56557<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Waubun<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n410<\/td>\n56589<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bejou<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n85<\/td>\n56516<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Naytahwaush<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n56566<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beaulieu<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n56515<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pine Bend<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roy Lake<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
West Roy Lake<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Twin Lakes<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Midway<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Riverland<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mahkonce<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Two mobile-home developments carried in older directories — Haddeland MH Park and Mahnomen MH Park, plus a site called “The Ranch” — are small residential parks rather than platted communities; they are not separately incorporated and are omitted from the table above for lack of a verifiable independent listing.<\/p>\n

Townships<\/h2>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Township<\/th>\nPop. (2020)<\/th>\nMain settlements<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Beaulieu<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nBeaulieu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bejou<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nBejou<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chief<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clover<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gregory<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Heier<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Island Lake<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nRoy Lake, West Roy Lake<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
La Garde<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lake Grove<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Little Elbow<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marsh Creek<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oakland<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pembina<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nNaytahwaush<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Popple Grove<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rosedale<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Twin Lakes<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nTwin Lakes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

The county has 16 organized townships. Per-township 2020 counts are not separately published in the sources checked for this profile, so the population column is left blank rather than estimated.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n