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Cogswell North Dakota Map

Explore Cogswell, North Dakota, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Cogswell, North Dakota

How to Use This Cogswell, North Dakota Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Cogswell, North Dakota. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of North Dakota or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Cogswell.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Cogswell
State	North Dakota (ND)
County	Sargent County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	46.10691
Longitude	-97.782045
Population	73
Density	85.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58017
Area Code	701
County Seat	Forman
School District	Sargent Central Public School District 6

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About Cogswell, North Dakota

Cogswell is a locality in Sargent County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 73. The population density is 85.4 people per km². Cogswell is located at 46.1069°N, 97.7820°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cogswell is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58017.

Cogswell asserts itself as a quiet grid of streets anchored to the vast, unyielding geometry of the North Dakota prairie. It lies 67.6 miles southwest of West Fargo, ND (from West Fargo, ND: bearing 219°T), and is situated 23.6 miles south-southwest of Lisbon. The horizon here is a flat, uncompromising line that draws the eye toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Whitestone Hills, visible only when the atmosphere is thin and dry. Light behaves differently across these plains, shifting from a sharp, clinical clarity at midday to a bruised violet haze as the sun dips below the edge of the world. Just a short distance away, the Sargent County Waterfowl Production Area offers a sanctuary where the grasses bend under the persistent weight of the wind, and the Wild Rice River traces a slow, deliberate path through the landscape, carving a subtle depression into the otherwise level earth.

Cogswell remains a place defined by the steady, seasonal rhythm of agriculture, where the economy is written in the cycle of planting and harvest. The legacy of the early settlers who broke this sod remains evident in the sturdy, utilitarian architecture that defines the streetscape, a testament to a time when survival demanded both endurance and a deep, intuitive understanding of the soil. Residents navigate their days with a measured pace, often looking toward the nearby Dill Slough to gauge the shifting water levels that dictate the health of the surrounding fields. Life in Cogswell is an exercise in scale, where the individual is constantly measured against the immense, open sky, fostering a character of quiet resilience that persists regardless of the changing seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sargent County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 1.2 mi, 080° E
Meszaros Slough (State Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 231° SW
Taayer Lake (State Recreation Area) — 7.2 mi, 288° W
Crete Slough (State Conservation Area) — 8.2 mi, 324° NW
Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.7 mi, 118° SE · 14k acres
Ransom County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 14.9 mi, 342° N
White Lake (State Recreation Area) — 18.4 mi, 156° SE
Whitetail Trail Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 20.8 mi, 109° E
Marshall County Prayer Rock Museum (Museum) — 21.8 mi, 176° S
Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.6 mi, 231° SW · 39k acres
Sheyenne National Grassland (National Grassland) — 24.7 mi, 037° NE · 70k acres
Fort Ransom State Park (State Park) — 30.9 mi, 347° N
Enderlin Area Veterans Monument (Monument) — 36.8 mi, 013° N
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 38.7 mi, 158° S
Colin Campbell Fur Post (Monument) — 45.4 mi, 240° SW
Mile 14 North Dakota South Dakota boundary marker (Monument) — 46.4 mi, 104° E
Old Cannon (Registered Battlefield) — 48.2 mi, 198° S
Dacotah Prairie Museum (Museum) — 55.9 mi, 218° SW
Jewett Theater (Theatre) — 56.4 mi, 217° SW
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 56.6 mi, 226° SW
Omwick Theatre (Cinema) — 57.3 mi, 350° N
Wilkin County Museum (Museum) — 58.3 mi, 079° E
Roger Maris Museum (Museum) — 68.5 mi, 040° NE
Frontier Village (Attraction) — 69.5 mi, 321° NW
Bison 6 Cinema (Cinema) — 69.8 mi, 321° NW
Angel of Hope (Public Artwork) — 71.0 mi, 041° NE
Minuteman II ICBM (Attraction) — 72.2 mi, 040° NE
Immersive Reality Room (Attraction) — 72.3 mi, 039° NE
National Waterfowl Production Area (Nature Reserve) — 72.4 mi, 273° W

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