{"id":5076,"date":"2023-07-03T15:44:16","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T15:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=5076"},"modified":"2026-08-22T12:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:02:20","slug":"renville-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/renville-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Renville County, Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"

Renville County is a county in Minnesota, United States, in the south-central part of the state along the Minnesota River. It had a population of 14,723 at the 2020 census and covers 987 square miles (2,560 km2), of which 983 square miles (2,550 km2) are land, centred near 44\u00b043\u2032N 94\u00b058\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Olivia is the county seat, and its postal code is 56277. The county has 10 incorporated cities, 4 unincorporated communities and 27 civil townships. Renville County observes Central time and is one of only three Minnesota counties — alongside Beltrami and Stearns — that border nine other counties.<\/p>\n

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

Renville County’s population is spread across 10 small cities and 4 unincorporated communities; there are no census-designated places. Olivia, the seat, is the largest city and is nicknamed the “Corn Capital of the World.” ZIP codes below are the standard delivery code for each place; Unincorp.<\/span> marks communities with no municipal government.<\/p>\n

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Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Olivia<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n2,343<\/td>\n56277<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Renville<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n56284<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fairfax<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n55332<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hector<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n55342<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bird Island<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n55310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Buffalo Lake<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n55314<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Franklin<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n55333<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sacred Heart<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n56285<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Morton<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n56270<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Danube<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n56230<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beaver Falls<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bechyn<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Churchill<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lakeside<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Vicksburg, once a river landing on the Minnesota River, is a recognized ghost town in the county today with no remaining population.<\/p>\n

Townships<\/h2>\n

Renville County is divided into 27 civil townships, which provide local government to the rural land outside the incorporated cities: Bandon, Beaver Falls, Birch Cooley, Bird Island, Boon Lake, Brookfield, Cairo, Camp, Crooks, Emmet, Ericson, Flora, Hawk Creek, Hector, Henryville, Kingman, Martinsburg, Melville, Norfolk, Osceola, Palmyra, Preston Lake, Sacred Heart, Troy, Wang, Wellington and Winfield. Several townships share a name with the city or unincorporated place at their center, such as Hector Township around the city of Hector and Sacred Heart Township around the community of Sacred Heart.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n