Braddock North Dakota Map

About Braddock, North Dakota

Braddock is a locality in Emmons County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 18. The population density is 27.8 people per km². Braddock is located at 46.5644°N, 100.0909°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Braddock is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58524.

Braddock holds the silence of the high plains, where the horizon stretches thin and taut like a wire pulled across the sky. It lies 36.9 miles east-southeast of Bismarck, ND (from Bismarck, ND: bearing 117°T), and is situated 32.0 miles east-southeast of Lincoln. Goose Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the earth nearby, its dark waters reflecting the erratic flight of swallows that dart above the tall, sun-bleached grasses. To the west, the faint, jagged silhouette of Moffit Butte breaks the monotony of the flatlands, a lonely sentinel watching over the vast, treeless expanse. The wind here carries a dry, sharp clarity, smelling of soil and distant dust, and when the light fails at dusk, the prairie turns a bruised shade of violet that swallows the fences and the empty roads alike.

Braddock remains a quiet monument to the homesteading impulse, built upon the sturdy, weathered ambition of those who first broke the stubborn sod. Agriculture dictates the slow, deliberate pulse of life, with the local economy tethered to the yield of wheat and the patient grazing of cattle that dot the fields like dark stones. Only three miles away, the Emmons County Waterfowl Production Area serves as a sanctuary for the seasonal migrations, while the brackish basin of Stink Lake lies eight miles distant, a place where the air hangs heavy and still. Life in Braddock moves with the indifference of the seasons, unhurried and spare, defined by the stark beauty of a landscape that demands much and promises only the honest weight of the harvest.

About This Braddock Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Braddock, North Dakota. Coordinates: 46.564431, -100.090942. 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 Braddock includes the ZIP code (58524), telephone area code (701), county seat of Emmons County (Linton), and school district assignment (Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock Public School District 6).

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.