Tucked along the Yellowhead Highway in central Alberta, Minburn sits roughly 37 kilometres west of the Town of Vermilion and approximately 143 kilometres east of the City of Edmonton. The hamlet falls under the jurisdiction of the County of Minburn No. 27 and is also served by the Canadian National Railway, which passes through the community alongside the highway corridor.
Minburn has a notable administrative history, having been incorporated as a village on June 24, 1919. It held that status for nearly a century before dissolving back into hamlet status on July 1, 2015, when it came under the full jurisdiction of the surrounding county. According to the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the community was home to 78 residents living in 37 of its 42 private dwellings, reflecting a population decline of 32.2% from the 115 residents recorded in the 2016 census. That 2016 count itself represented a modest increase of 9.5% from the 105 residents counted in 2011. The hamlet covers a land area of 0.57 square kilometres, giving it a population density of approximately 136.8 people per square kilometre as of 2021.