Darwin, MN

Darwin is a city in Meeker County, Minnesota, United States. The 2020 census counted 348 residents. Darwin is one of several places claiming to be home of the largest ball of twine in the world. Darwin was platted in 1869 and named for E. Darwin is the home of Darwin–Dassel Park. The Twine Ball Museum is located at Darwin, adjacent to the biggest ball of twine in Minnesota. The short version is that Darwin carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now. That is the local read on Darwin: its past remains attached to the places people use now. Darwin Litchfield, a major stockholder of the Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad. Darwin is in east-central Meeker County, along U.S. Route 12, which passes through the northeast portion of the city. US 12 leads northwest 6 miles to Litchfield, the county seat, and east-southeast 5 miles to Dassel.