Balfour North Dakota Map
Balfour, North Dakota — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Balfour, McHenry County.
Interactive Map of Balfour, North Dakota
| City | Balfour |
| State | North Dakota (ND) |
| County | McHenry |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 47.951671 |
| Longitude | -100.534586 |
| Population | 3 |
| Density | 3.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Balfour, North Dakota
Balfour is a locality in McHenry County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 3. The population density is 3.4 people per km². Balfour is located at 47.9517°N, 100.5346°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 58712.
Balfour unfurls itself across a broad, sweeping prairie, a quiet dominion under an immense sky where the land rolls out in subtle, sun-baked waves. It lies 40.2 miles east-south-east of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 119°T), and is situated 19.6 miles east-south-east of Velva. The horizon here is a clean, unwavering line, broken only by the occasional weathered silo or a distant stand of cottonwoods that seem to hold their breath against the ceaseless wind. Dust devils dance across the parched fields in the summer heat, ephemeral spirits conjuring the wildness of this open country, and in winter, the snowdrifts can swallow roads whole, transforming the landscape into an unbroken expanse of white. The air itself carries a certain clarity, a crispness that sharpens the edges of the world and lends a profound stillness to the quietude of Balfour. The story of Balfour is written in the soil, a testament to the tenacity of those who first carved a life from this land, drawn by the promise of fertile ground and the boundless opportunity of the American West. Its economy, like so many small prairie towns, has long been tethered to the rhythm of agriculture, the planting and harvesting of grains that paint the fields in shifting hues of green and gold throughout the seasons. This enduring connection to the earth imbues Balfour with a grounded character, a sense of deep roots that run as strong as the prairie grasses. While the world outside may whirl with change, life in Balfour proceeds with a deliberate, measured pace, each day a familiar cadence of sunrise, work, and sunset, a quiet unfolding under the vast, indifferent gaze of the North Dakota sky.
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About This Balfour Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Balfour, North Dakota with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Balfour and McHenry County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Balfour is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Balfour is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
