Drayton North Dakota Map

About Drayton, North Dakota

Drayton is a locality in Pembina County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 757. The population density is 444.2 people per km². Drayton is located at 48.5621°N, 97.1795°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Drayton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58225.

Drayton emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of the Red River Valley as a quiet sentinel of the northern plains. It lies 45.1 miles north of Grand Forks, ND (from Grand Forks, ND: bearing 352°T), and is situated 15.3 miles northeast of Grafton. The land around Drayton stretches out in a vast, unbroken geometry of dark, fertile soil, where the sky claims more space than the earth itself. Only a mile away, the Red River of the North carves a serpentine path through the silt, its dark, sluggish current reflecting the heavy, bruised clouds of a coming storm. To the west, the distant silhouette of Horgan Ridge barely brushes the edge of the sky, a faint suggestion of height in a landscape defined by its relentless, horizontal reach. Even the nearby Pembina County Waterfowl Production Area feels like an extension of this stillness, where the rustle of dry grass provides the only cadence to the wind.

Agriculture serves as the pulse of Drayton, evident in the towering silhouettes of grain elevators that stand like monoliths against the dawn. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest, a cycle that dictates the pace of life from the seeding of the fields to the quiet dormancy of winter. While North Salt Lake lies a short distance away, the true character of the locality is found in the resilience of its people and the persistence of their labor in a climate that demands both endurance and adaptation. The quiet streets of Drayton reflect a history of settlement rooted in the stubborn cultivation of the plains, where the scent of turned earth and the cooling air at dusk create a sense of profound, singular isolation.

About This Drayton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Drayton, North Dakota. Coordinates: 48.56206, -97.179496. 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 Drayton includes the ZIP code (58225), telephone area code (701), county seat of Pembina County (Cavalier), and school district assignment (Drayton Public School District 19).

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.