Ashley North Dakota Map

About Ashley, North Dakota

Ashley is a locality in McIntosh County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 613. The population density is 368.1 people per km². Ashley is located at 46.0341°N, 99.3715°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ashley is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58413.

Ashley reveals its character through an expansive, high-plains horizon that stretches until the earth seems to dissolve into a pale, bruised violet at dusk. It lies 68.3 miles south-southwest of Jamestown, ND (from Jamestown, ND: bearing 208°T), and is situated 58.0 miles northwest of Aberdeen. The land around Ashley is a vast, quiet reach of golden grasses and cultivated fields that ripple under a wind that rarely rests, carrying the scent of dry soil and coming rain. To the north, the distant outline of the Streeter Moraine marks the limit of the view, while closer to home, the landscape settles into the modest, steady contours of the prairie. A short drive away, the quiet surface of Kislingburg Lake mirrors the heavy, enormous sky, and the nearby Kisselberry provides a sanctuary of native grasses that sway with a rhythmic, hypnotic patience.

German-Russian settlers once broke this stubborn sod, leaving behind a legacy of resilience that still defines the local pace and the sturdy architecture of the main thoroughfare. The economy remains tethered to the cycles of the earth, as grain elevators stand like sentinels against the clouds, marking a reliance on the harvest that has persisted for generations. While Spring Creek flows miles away, its presence is felt in the seasonal pulse of the region, grounding the agricultural life that sustains the community. Everyday existence here is measured in the slow, deliberate turning of the seasons, where the primary theater of life is the interplay of light and shadow across the open ground, creating a solitude that is as profound as the silence of a winter morning.

About This Ashley Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ashley, North Dakota. Coordinates: 46.034141, -99.371503. 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 Ashley includes the ZIP code (58413), telephone area code (701), county seat of McIntosh County (Ashley), and school district assignment (Ashley Public School District 9).

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.