Amidon North Dakota Map

About Amidon, North Dakota

Amidon is a locality in Slope County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 24. The population density is 14.8 people per km². Amidon is located at 46.4822°N, 103.3218°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Amidon is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58620.

Amidon occupies a high, austere plateau where the open prairie begins to fray into the rugged, sedimentary architecture of the badlands. It lies 37.3 miles southwest of Dickinson, ND (from Dickinson, ND: bearing 223°T), and is situated 93.9 miles south-southeast of Sidney. The horizon here possesses an immense, unblinking clarity, allowing the light of a late afternoon sun to sharpen the contours of the earth until every dry wash and protrusion of bentonite clay glows with a pale, bruised violet. Seven miles to the west, the jagged silhouette of White Butte rises as the most prominent landmark in the vicinity, anchoring a landscape that feels perpetually exposed to the currents of the high plains. While the Little Missouri National Grassland provides a vast, rolling expanse of protected terrain just four miles from the center, the immediate vicinity of Amidon is defined by a quiet, persistent dryness, punctuated only by the intermittent, seasonal flow of First Creek two miles away.

Amidon functions as a modest seat of local governance, holding a historical gravity that belies its small scale in the vast, sparsely populated geography of the region. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the earth, drawing sustenance from the surrounding ranching operations and the subtle, ongoing influence of the regional energy sector. Dotted with the remnants of homesteading efforts that once sought to tame this unforgiving soil, the locality maintains a character forged by a stubborn independence and the necessity of self-reliance. Life in Amidon moves in accordance with the seasonal shifts of the wind and the demands of the livestock, creating a daily existence where the silence of the prairie is not an absence, but a presence that shapes the way people converse and labor. Far from the density of urban centers, the people here inhabit a space where the scale of the sky demands a certain humility, turning the simple act of watching the weather into a primary preoccupation of the day.

About This Amidon Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Amidon, North Dakota. Coordinates: 46.482233, -103.321847. 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 Amidon includes the ZIP code (58620), telephone area code (701), county seat of Slope County (Amidon), and school district assignment (Bowman County Public School District 1).

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.