Alexander North Dakota Map

About Alexander, North Dakota

Alexander is a locality in McKenzie County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 319. The population density is 99.2 people per km². Alexander is located at 47.8431°N, 103.6427°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Alexander is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58831.

Alexander sits upon the high, open plains of North Dakota, where the horizon stretches into an immense, pale blue void that seems to consume the earth. It lies 21.0 miles south of Williston, ND (from Williston, ND: bearing 183°T), and is situated 16.9 miles west of Watford City. The landscape around Alexander is defined by the subtle, persistent erosion of the prairie, marked by the quiet meanderings of Lonesome Creek just a short distance away. To the west, the jagged, rugged silhouettes of the Achenbach Hills rise like a distant, shadowed promise against the evening light, while the vast expanse of the Little Missouri National Grassland offers a wild, uncultivated texture to the surrounding terrain. Even the light here possesses a distinct quality, sharpening the edges of every fence post and grain elevator as the sun dips low, casting long, bruised shadows across the dry, golden grasses that ripple in the constant wind.

Alexander emerged from the grit of the early twentieth century, rooted in the hard work of those who carved a life from the soil and the rail lines. While the pulse of the regional economy has shifted with the rise of the oil patch, the character of the place remains tethered to the rhythmic cycles of the land and the quiet persistence of its inhabitants. Life in Alexander follows the slow, deliberate pace of the seasons, occasionally punctuated by the hum of industry or a trip toward the stillness of Arnegard Dam. This is a country of deep roots and wide spaces, where the history of the plains is not written in grand monuments, but in the enduring resilience of those who continue to call these high, wind-swept prairies home.

About This Alexander Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Alexander, North Dakota. Coordinates: 47.843076, -103.642698. 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 Alexander includes the ZIP code (58831), telephone area code (701), county seat of McKenzie County (Watford City), and school district assignment (Alexander Public School District 2).

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.