Casselton North Dakota Map

About Casselton, North Dakota

Casselton is a locality in Cass County, North Dakota, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,479. The population density is 490.1 people per km². Casselton is located at 46.9005°N, 97.2112°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Casselton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58012.

Casselton occupies a flat, expansive stretch of the Red River Valley where the horizon functions as a vast, unbroken line separating the black earth from an enormous, shifting sky. It lies 14.8 miles west of West Fargo, ND (from West Fargo, ND: bearing 277°T), and is situated 20.0 miles west of Fargo. The landscape around Casselton remains defined by this singular, horizontal severity, an ancient lake bed turned to fertile soil that absorbs the amber glow of late afternoon with a heavy, muted intensity. A mile from the center of the town, the thin, brush-lined channel of Swan Creek traces a quiet path through the fields, offering a slender green interruption to the monochrome rhythm of the plains. Beyond the immediate grid of the streets, the terrain persists in its quiet, level persistence, occasionally interrupted by the distant, hazy silhouette of grain elevators that stand as sentinels against the weather.

Agriculture provides the steady, seasonal pulse that dictates the pace of life in Casselton, where the labor of the harvest colors the mood of the autumn months. The town emerged from the expansion of the rail lines, and the persistent hum of the tracks still serves as a reminder of the commerce that first tethered this place to the wider world. While residents might travel ten miles to visit the quiet spaces of Magnolia for a respite in the tallgrass, or occasionally make the sixteen-mile trek to the shores of Lake Bertha, the local identity remains firmly rooted in the productivity of the surrounding farms. Even as the modern economy shifts, the character of Casselton stays tied to the resilience of those who tend the soil, maintaining a quiet, functional grace amidst the vast, open silence of the plains.

About This Casselton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Casselton, North Dakota. Coordinates: 46.900529, -97.2112. 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 Casselton includes the ZIP code (58012), telephone area code (701), county seat of Cass County (Fargo), and school district assignment (Central Cass Public School District 17).

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.