Dawson North Dakota Map

About Dawson, North Dakota

Dawson is a locality in Kidder County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 74. The population density is 83.8 people per km². Dawson is located at 46.8686°N, 99.7515°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Dawson is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58428.

Dawson emerges from the vast, unyielding expanse of the North Dakota prairie as a quiet congregation of structures framed by the immense, shifting weight of the sky. It lies 49.0 miles east of Bismarck, ND (from Bismarck, ND: bearing 85°T), and is situated 53.9 miles east of Mandan. The landscape here is characterized by the subtle persistence of the wind, which sweeps across the flattened earth and shapes the tall grasses into rhythmic, golden waves that seem to breathe under the weight of the sun. Only two miles distant, the still, reflective surface of Ashley Lake offers a singular point of focus amidst the open ground, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Altamont Moraine marks the horizon twenty-eight miles away as a faint, jagged reminder of the earth’s ancient, glacial upheaval. The air carries a dry, crisp clarity that sharpens the edges of the horizon, lending a profound sense of solitude to the plains that stretch endlessly toward the light of dusk.

Dawson maintains an enduring tether to the rhythm of the soil, with the local economy rooted firmly in the cycles of agriculture that have defined the inhabitants for generations. Just one mile away, the Slade National Wildlife Refuge serves as a vital sanctuary where the land is allowed to return to its wild, undisturbed character, providing a necessary contrast to the neighboring fields that yield their harvests in the late summer heat. Life in Dawson moves with the deliberate pace of a season, reflecting a history of endurance where the primary industry remains the cultivation of the earth and the quiet maintenance of the homesteads that dot the plains. The community remains a small, sturdy presence in the landscape, characterized by the simple, functional architecture of a place that values the utility of a grain bin or a fence line against the vast, indifferent beauty of the northern interior.

About This Dawson Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Dawson, North Dakota. Coordinates: 46.868595, -99.751495. 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 Dawson includes the ZIP code (58428), telephone area code (701), county seat of Kidder County (Steele), and school district assignment (Kidder County 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.