Beulah North Dakota Map

About Beulah, North Dakota

Beulah is a locality in Mercer County, North Dakota, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,058. The population density is 483.5 people per km². Beulah is located at 47.2633°N, 101.7779°W. It observes the Central Time (America/North_Dakota/Beulah) timezone. Beulah is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58523.

Beulah occupies a vast expanse of the northern plains, where the horizon stretches wide enough to swallow the sun in a single, lingering swallow. It lies 51.6 miles northwest of Mandan, ND (from Mandan, ND: bearing 306°T), and is situated 7.6 miles west-southwest of Hazen. The landscape surrounding Beulah consists of expansive, wind-swept prairie that yields to the subtle depressions of the Williston Basin, a geological bowl that hints at the deep, ancient layers beneath the soil. Only a mile away, the Knife River carves a deliberate path through the grass, its waters moving with a quiet, persistent gravity that defines the local topography. To the west, the faint, distant silhouette of London Bridge marks the edge of the visible world, while the expansive grounds of Unknown Park provide a quiet threshold where the cultivated fields meet the untamed, open air. In the late afternoon, the light here acquires a peculiar, honeyed thickness, turning the dry stalks of the prairie into a shimmering, metallic gold that seems to vibrate against the cooling blue of the sky.

Beulah remains tethered to the rhythm of energy production, its economy deeply intertwined with the lignite coal reserves that have long shaped the character of the region. This industry serves as a steady pulse for the inhabitants, grounding the daily existence of the people in the physical labor of extraction and power generation. The history of the area is written in the grit of the earth and the resilience of those who settled this challenging, inland terrain, far from the reach of any moderating water. Life in Beulah proceeds with a deliberate, unadorned honesty, marked by the changing seasons that dictate the pace of work and the quiet solitude of the long winters. Fourteen miles to the north, the presence of Lake Sakakawea serves as a distant, glassy anchor in the landscape, reflecting the immense, cloud-streaked sky that hangs over every roof and road in the vicinity.

About This Beulah Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Beulah, North Dakota. Coordinates: 47.26334, -101.777946. 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 Beulah includes the ZIP code (58523), telephone area code (701), county seat of Mercer County (Stanton), and school district assignment (Beulah Public School District 27).

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.