Crosby North Dakota Map

About Crosby, North Dakota

Crosby is a locality in Divide County, North Dakota, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,065. The population density is 291.6 people per km². Crosby is located at 48.9142°N, 103.2949°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Crosby is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58730.

Crosby emerges from the vast, open prairie as a collection of low-slung silhouettes against an enormous, unyielding sky. It lies 55.0 miles north-northeast of Williston, ND (from Williston, ND: bearing 15°T), and is situated 58.4 miles northwest of Stanley. The landscape around Crosby unfolds in wide, rhythmic swells of earth that catch the amber light of late afternoon, casting long, lean shadows across the stubble of the harvested fields. A few miles away, the Divide County Waterfowl Production Area offers a sanctuary where the grasses sigh under the weight of the wind, and the path of Long Creek traces a subtle, winding depression through the otherwise level expanse. In the distance, the faint, jagged suggestion of Smoky Butte breaks the horizon, a solitary anchor for the gaze in a country defined by the sheer, quiet distance between points.

Crosby carries the weight of a frontier history rooted in the grit of homesteading and the steady, demanding cycles of agriculture that still dictate the pace of the day. The economy pulses with the rhythmic hum of the Bakken oil patch, a modern industry that exists in tandem with the older, quieter traditions of grain elevators and local commerce. Life here is measured by the changing moods of the seasons, from the biting, crystalline stillness of winter to the sudden, verdant urgency of spring. The proximity to the Boundary Dam Reservoir provides a rare, still mirror in the landscape, reflecting the gray and gold shifts of the clouds above. This is a place where the work is hard and the silence is deep, an environment that demands a particular kind of endurance from those who choose to remain.

About This Crosby Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Crosby, North Dakota. Coordinates: 48.9142, -103.29491. 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 Crosby includes the ZIP code (58730), telephone area code (701), county seat of Divide County (Crosby), and school district assignment (Divide County 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.