Cogswell North Dakota Map

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.

About This Cogswell Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cogswell, North Dakota. Coordinates: 46.10691, -97.782045. 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 Cogswell includes the ZIP code (58017), telephone area code (701), county seat of Sargent County (Forman), and school district assignment (Sargent Central 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.