{"id":5097,"date":"2023-07-04T19:51:43","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T19:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=5097"},"modified":"2026-08-22T17:16:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T17:16:14","slug":"sibley-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/sibley-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Sibley County, Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sibley County is a county in Minnesota, United States, in the south-central part of the state, drained by the Rush River and its tributaries. It had a population of 14,836 at the 2020 census and covers 601 square miles (1,560 km2) \u2014 589 square miles land, 12 square miles water \u2014 centred near 44\u00b035\u2032N 94\u00b014\u2032W.<\/p>\n<p>Gaylord is the county seat; its postal code is 55334. The county has 8 incorporated cities and 3 unincorporated communities, spread across 17 townships. Sibley County observes Central time.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Sibley County<\/h2>\n<p>Sibley County has 11 named places on record \u2014 8 incorporated cities and towns and 3 unincorporated communities. All lie within one of the county&#8217;s 17 townships.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Township<\/th>\n<th>Pop.<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Gaylord<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>Sibley<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>55334<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Arlington<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>Arlington<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>55307<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Winthrop<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>Transit<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>55396<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Henderson<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>Henderson<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>56044<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Green Isle<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>Green Isle<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>55338<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>New Auburn<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>New Auburn<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>55366<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Gibbon<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>Bismarck<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>55335<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jessenland<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Jessenland<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>New Rome<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Grafton<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Rush River<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Kelso<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Assumption<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Moltke<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>The old listing also carried &#8220;Allansons Park,&#8221; &#8220;Arlington MH Park,&#8221; &#8220;Bussler Trailer Court,&#8221; &#8220;Gaylord MH Park,&#8221; &#8220;Gibbon Trailer Park,&#8221; &#8220;Ringo MH Park,&#8221; and &#8220;Sibley Estates East&#8221; \u2014 these are manufactured-home and trailer parks inside the cities named above, not separate places, and have been folded into their host city rather than listed twice.<\/p>\n<h2>Townships<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Township<\/th>\n<th>Pop. (2020)<\/th>\n<th>Main settlements<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Arlington<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Arlington<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sibley<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Gaylord<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Transit<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Winthrop<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Henderson<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Henderson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bismarck<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Gibbon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Green Isle<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Green Isle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>New Auburn<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>New Auburn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Alfsborg<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>rural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cornish<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>rural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dryden<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>rural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Faxon<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>rural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Grafton<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>New Rome<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jessenland<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Jessenland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kelso<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Rush River<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Moltke<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Assumption<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Severance<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>rural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Washington Lake<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>rural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Per-township 2020 census counts are not published in a source this page can verify, so population cells are left blank rather than guessed.<\/p>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>55334 &mdash; Gaylord (also serves the surrounding Sibley Township)<\/li>\n<li>55307 &mdash; Arlington<\/li>\n<li>55396 &mdash; Winthrop<\/li>\n<li>56044 &mdash; Henderson<\/li>\n<li>55338 &mdash; Green Isle<\/li>\n<li>55335 &mdash; Gibbon<\/li>\n<li>55366 &mdash; New Auburn (PO Box delivery only)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Unincorporated communities such as Jessenland, New Rome, Rush River and Assumption have no ZIP code of their own and use the mailing address of the nearest post-office town.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Sibley County sits on the rolling till plain of south-central Minnesota, drained west to east by the Rush River before it joins the Minnesota River. Most of the county is in row-crop agriculture, broken by shallow prairie-pothole wetlands and a scatter of small lakes. It borders McLeod County to the north, Carver County to the northeast, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/scott-county-minnesota\/\">Scott County<\/a> to the east, Le Sueur County to the southeast, Nicollet County to the south, and Renville County to the west.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>Sibley County had 14,836 residents at the 2020 census, a density of about 25 people per square mile. Gaylord and Arlington are the two largest communities in the county. The county&#8217;s German-American heritage runs deep \u2014 earlier census tallies put more than 65% of residents claiming German ancestry, with a smaller Norwegian-American share. Median household income in the county runs close to the Minnesota median of $85,086, reflecting a mostly owner-occupied, agricultural county with modest cost of living.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Agriculture drives the county economy \u2014 corn, soybeans, and livestock operations dominate the land outside the seven small cities. Gaylord and Arlington anchor local retail, schools, and county government; Sibley East Public Schools serves much of the county from campuses in both towns. Grain elevators, farm-implement dealers, and agribusiness suppliers are the largest private employers outside the public sector.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>Sibley County was organized on March 5, 1853, and named for Henry Hastings Sibley, Minnesota&#8217;s first state governor and a longtime fur trader in the region. Henderson, on the Minnesota River, was the original county seat; a courthouse built there in 1879 served until 1915, when residents of Gaylord petitioned the county board to move the seat inland to their more centrally located town. The old Henderson courthouse still stands and today houses that city&#8217;s offices.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>U.S. Highway 212 runs east-west through Arlington and Gaylord, connecting the county to the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro to the east. State highways 5, 19, and 25 provide the county&#8217;s other main links.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gaylord \u2014 55 miles southwest of Minneapolis<\/li>\n<li>Arlington \u2014 60 miles southwest of Minneapolis<\/li>\n<li>Henderson \u2014 45 miles southwest of Minneapolis<\/li>\n<li>Winthrop \u2014 75 miles west-southwest of Minneapolis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The nearest commercial airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, about an hour and a quarter&#8217;s drive from Gaylord.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Sibley County, Minnesota?<\/strong><br \/>It lies in south-central Minnesota, about 55 miles southwest of Minneapolis, between the Minnesota River and the prairie farmland toward Renville County.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Sibley County?<\/strong><br \/>14,836 residents at the 2020 census.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Sibley County?<\/strong><br \/>601 square miles (1,560 km2), of which 589 square miles is land.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Sibley County?<\/strong><br \/>Gaylord is the county seat; Henderson held that role until 1915.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns are in Sibley County?<\/strong><br \/>Seven incorporated cities \u2014 Arlington, Gaylord, Gibbon, Green Isle, Henderson, New Auburn, and Winthrop \u2014 plus several unincorporated communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes are in Sibley County?<\/strong><br \/>55307, 55334, 55335, 55338, 55366, 55396, and 56044.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is Sibley County named after?<\/strong><br \/>Henry Hastings Sibley, Minnesota&#8217;s first governor, who had lived and traded in the area.<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/minnesota\/\">Towns and villages in Minnesota<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sibley County is a county in Minnesota, United States, in the south-central part of the state, drained by the Rush River and its tributaries. It had a population of 14,836 at the 2020 census and covers 601 square miles (1,560 km2) \u2014 589 square miles land, 12 square miles water \u2014 centred near 44\u00b035\u2032N 94\u00b014\u2032W. 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