Erie North Dakota Map

About Erie, North Dakota

Erie is a locality in Cass County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 54. The population density is 10.4 people per km². Erie is located at 47.1153°N, 97.3879°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 58029.

Erie occupies a quiet expanse of the North Dakota plains where the sky dominates the horizon, pressing down upon the earth with a vast, unyielding intensity. It lies 28.3 miles northwest of West Fargo, ND (from West Fargo, ND: bearing 306°T), and is situated 17.0 miles north-northwest of Casselton. The landscape here is defined by its flatness, a wide stretch of agricultural land where the soil holds the deep, dark promise of the harvest and the air carries the dry, clean scent of curing wheat. Only a mile away, Erie Dam provides a subtle break in the monotony of the fields, offering a sanctuary of managed water and grass that draws the local wildlife into its quiet orbit. A few miles to the west, the Rush River cuts a modest, winding path through the silt, its presence marked by the thin, skeletal silhouettes of trees that cling to the banks against the sweeping prairie winds.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Erie, dictating the seasonal cadence of life as tractors trace slow, methodical patterns across the fields until the light fades into a bruised purple dusk. The history of the locality is etched into the grain elevators that rise like monoliths above the surrounding expanse, serving as both physical landmarks and centers of commerce for the surrounding farms. While Minnie Lake lies eighteen miles distant and the distant, singular rise of Pilot Knob marks the horizon twenty-two miles to the west, the daily reality of Erie is found in the intimacy of the local roads and the persistent, industrious rhythm of those who work the land. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, characterized by a stoic endurance that matches the enormous, open space stretching out in every direction.

About This Erie Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Erie, North Dakota. Coordinates: 47.115257, -97.387866. 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 Erie includes the ZIP code (58029), telephone area code (701), county seat of Cass County (Fargo), and school district assignment (Northern Cass Public School District 97).

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.