Briarwood North Dakota Map

About Briarwood, North Dakota

Briarwood is a locality in Cass County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 57. The population density is 153.9 people per km². Briarwood is located at 46.7861°N, 96.7970°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Briarwood is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58104.

Briarwood emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of the North Dakota prairie, defined by the steady, northward migration of the Red River of the North. It lies 6.3 miles south of Fargo, ND (from Fargo, ND: bearing 183°T), and is situated 6.2 miles south-southwest of Moorhead. The landscape stretches in a vast, uninterrupted expanse where the sky claims more territory than the earth, offering a clarity of light that turns the golden stalks of late-summer wheat into shimmering amber. A mile from the town center, the quiet expanse of Eagle Pointe Park 1 provides a sanctuary of native grasses and wind-bent cottonwoods, their leaves shivering in a constant, low-frequency hum that seems to underscore the stillness of the plains. Even in the height of afternoon, the shadows cast by the shelterbelts are long and sharp, grounding the architecture of the settlement against the overwhelming scale of the empty, enormous sky.

Briarwood persists as a product of the soil and the iron pulse of the regional agricultural economy, where the rhythm of the year is dictated by the planting and the harvest. The proximity of the Red River of the North has historically anchored the settlement, providing a lifeline that allowed early pioneers to carve a foothold into the stubborn, fertile clay. While the modern industry of the state shifts toward the energy fields further west, the character here remains tied to the cycles of the earth and the communal endurance of those who choose to live where the wind carries no scent of anything but dry grass and coming frost. Residents occasionally make the twenty-mile trek to the shores of Blue Eagle Lake, yet the true identity of Briarwood remains rooted in the quiet, stoic labor of the plains, a place where the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the slow, seasonal transformation of the horizon.

About This Briarwood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Briarwood, North Dakota. Coordinates: 46.786075, -96.797027. 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 Briarwood includes the ZIP code (58104), telephone area code (701), county seat of Cass County (Fargo), and school district assignment (Fargo Public School District 1).

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.