Butte North Dakota Map

About Butte, North Dakota

Butte is a locality in McLean County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 70. The population density is 109.9 people per km². Butte is located at 47.8381°N, 100.6654°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Butte is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58723.

Butte anchors itself upon the vast, unyielding expanse of the North Dakota plains, where the horizon stretches wide enough to swallow the sun whole. It lies 39.9 miles southeast of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 133°T), and is situated 50.5 miles southeast of Minot AFB. The land here is defined by a rigorous, horizontal geometry, a flat prairie landscape that occasionally yields to the subtle lift of the earth toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Hogback Ridge. Moisture gathers in the quiet depressions of the ground, feeding the grasses that ripple under the persistent northern wind, while the nearby Cottonwood Lake offers a reflective stillness to the prairie air. Three miles away, the McLean County Waterfowl Production Area serves as a sanctuary for the migratory cycles that define the seasons, a place where the silence is punctuated only by the sudden, rhythmic beat of wings. At dusk, the light loses its harshness, turning the sky into a bruised violet that illuminates the austere beauty of the fields in a soft, fleeting glow.

Butte emerged from the expansion of the northern rail lines, a waypoint built to serve the immense agricultural ambitions of the surrounding grain country. The local economy remains tethered to this soil, with silos and steel machinery standing as sentinels over a way of life dictated by the harvest and the changing weather. Beyond the immediate grid of the streets, the terrain dips toward the Wintering River Flats, a basin that holds the memory of ancient water, while the subtle trace of Spring Coulee carves a path through the regional topography. Life in Butte moves with a deliberate, sparse efficiency, favoring the endurance of those who have learned to thrive where the winters are long and the sky is the most prominent feature of the day. It is a place of deep-rooted stability, where the architecture of the prairie—low, sturdy, and functional—reflects the character of the people who maintain their hold on this expansive, open country.

About This Butte Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Butte, North Dakota. Coordinates: 47.838058, -100.665419. 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 Butte includes the ZIP code (58723), telephone area code (701), county seat of McLean County (Washburn), and school district assignment (Velva 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.