Hanley Falls is a city in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, United States.

[4] Hanley Falls was laid out in 1884 when the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway was extended to that point.

[5] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.25 square miles (0.65 km2), all land.

[8] Minnesota State Highway 23 serves as a main route in the community.

Two railroad lines intersect on the northwest side of town; the question of whether the state of Minnesota could order installation of an interchange track between the two independent railroads led to a 1900 U.S. Supreme Court decision which affirmed that the state could indeed order the establishment of the "Hanley Falls Wye" for the public convenience, despite the railroads' opposition.

22.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

MMM consists of five large buildings on a beautiful six-acre site.

The complex houses the state's largest collection of agricultural equipment and exhibits, recalling a century of farm life in stories and artifacts.