{"id":5121,"date":"2023-07-04T20:15:14","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T20:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=5121"},"modified":"2026-08-22T17:16:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T17:16:24","slug":"wadena-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/wadena-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Wadena County, Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wadena County is a county in Minnesota, United States, on the transition belt between prairie and northern forest in the west-central part of the state. It had a population of 14,065 at the 2020 census and covers 543 square miles (1,410 km2) of land and water, centred near 46\u00b035\u2032N 94\u00b058\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Wadena is the county seat, and its postal code is 56482. The county has 6 incorporated cities, 3 unincorporated communities and 15 townships. It sits in the Central time zone.<\/p>\n

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

Wadena County has 6 incorporated cities and 3 unincorporated communities. Wadena is the county seat; the others range from small farm-service cities to crossroads hamlets. CDP = census-designated place; Unincorp. = unincorporated community with no municipal government.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nTownship<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Wadena<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\nWadena<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n56482<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Staples<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nLeaf River<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n56479<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Verndale<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nWing River<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n56481<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sebeka<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nBlueberry<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n56477<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Menahga<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n56464<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aldrich<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nAldrich<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n56434<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bluegrass<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n56482<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Huntersville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nHuntersville<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n56482<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oylen<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n56482<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Two of the county’s cities straddle a border: Staples sits mostly in Todd County, with a small extension into Wadena County, and Wadena itself has a small portion across the line in Otter Tail County. Both are listed here under their historic county-seat\/anchor status.<\/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
Township<\/th>\nPop. (2020)<\/th>\nMain settlements<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Wadena<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nWadena (city, separately incorporated)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blueberry<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nSebeka (city, separately incorporated)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wing River<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nVerndale (city, separately incorporated)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leaf River<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nStaples (city, separately incorporated)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Huntersville<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nHuntersville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aldrich<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nAldrich (city, separately incorporated)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rockwood<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nrural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shell River<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nrural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Red Eye<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nrural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North Germany<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nrural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thomastown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nrural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Orton<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nrural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lyons<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nrural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Meadow<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nrural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bullard<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nrural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n