Balfour North Dakota Map

About Balfour, North Dakota

Balfour is a locality in McHenry County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 20. The population density is 13.7 people per km². Balfour is located at 47.9517°N, 100.5346°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Balfour is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58712.

Balfour occupies a sparse, deliberate stretch of the North Dakota plains, where the horizon pulls the eye toward an immense, unblinking sky. It lies 40.2 miles east-southeast of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 119°T), and is situated 48.8 miles southeast of Minot AFB. The landscape around Balfour is defined by the subtle, persistent push of the wind against tall, desiccated grasses and the occasional rise of land that hints at the distant Hogback Ridge. Only a mile away, the Wintering River cuts a quiet, winding path through the soil, carving a low-lying depression known as the Wintering River Flats that catches the morning light in silver ribbons of frost or dew. To the north, the land holds the quiet gravity of the Mchenry County Waterfowl Production Area, a sanctuary where the silence is broken only by the sudden, percussive beat of wings rising from the reeds.

Balfour persists as a relic of the era when the expansion of the rail lines dictated the life and death of prairie settlements, drawing its character from the endurance required to survive the long, iron-cold winters. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the soil and the cycles of agricultural labor, leaving the few remaining structures to weather into a muted palette of gray and rust. Life here moves with the slow, methodical pace of the seasons, far removed from the clamor of the oil fields to the west. A few miles to the east, the waters of Connia Slough mirror the vast, empty expanse above, serving as a reminder that in this part of the world, geography is not a backdrop but the primary architect of human existence.

About This Balfour Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Balfour, North Dakota. Coordinates: 47.951671, -100.534586. 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 Balfour includes the ZIP code (58712), telephone area code (701), county seat of McHenry County (Towner), and school district assignment (Drake Public School District 57).

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.