Bainville Montana Map

About Bainville, Montana

Bainville is a locality in Roosevelt County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 271. The population density is 82.8 people per km². Bainville is located at 48.1400°N, 104.2227°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Bainville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 59212.

Bainville occupies a vast, sun-bleached expanse of the high plains, where the horizon stretches into an uninterrupted line of pale blue and amber. It lies 27.9 miles west of Williston, ND (from Williston, ND: bearing 269°T), and is situated 29.4 miles north of Sidney. A quiet solitude clings to the earth here, punctuated only by the subtle depression of Star Coulee seven miles to the south and the distant, singular silhouette of Snake Butte rising against the sky. Shotgun Creek flows within a single mile of the settlement, its modest current carving a thin, verdant ribbon through the dry grasses that shift with the wind’s persistent breath. Only three miles away, the stillness of Shotgun Reservoir offers a mirror to the immense, shifting clouds, providing a rare gathering point where the land’s thirst is momentarily quelled. The air in Bainville carries a sharp, clean clarity that intensifies the colors of dusk, turning the stubble of the fields into shades of deep violet and burnt copper as the light recedes.

Bainville emerged from the relentless expansion of the railroads, serving as a vital point of commerce where the grain of the surrounding prairie was funneled toward distant markets. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest and the resilience of dryland farming, with the Montana State Trust Lands just one mile away marking the boundary between private toil and the public stewardship of the wilder plains. Life in Bainville follows the ancient, slow cadence of the seasons, defined by the grueling demands of the soil and the quiet endurance of those who work it. There is a profound honesty in the architecture of the place, where simple structures stand against the gale, witnessing a history built upon the labor of ranchers and farmers who have long claimed this rugged territory as their own.

About This Bainville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bainville, Montana. Coordinates: 48.140021, -104.22272. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Bainville includes the ZIP code (59212), telephone area code (406), county seat of Roosevelt County (Wolf Point), and school district assignment (Bainville K-12 Schools).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.