Finley North Dakota Map

About Finley, North Dakota

Finley is a locality in Steele County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 401. The population density is 44.4 people per km². Finley is located at 47.5142°N, 97.8359°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Finley is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58230.

Finley defines the horizon with a stark, horizontal insistence, where the expansive prairie stretches out under a sky so vast it seems to press against the earth. It lies 46.9 miles southwest of Grand Forks, ND (from Grand Forks, ND: bearing 233°T), and is situated 58.4 miles northeast of Jamestown. The landscape here is characterized by the subtle, rhythmic swell of plains, marked by the slow meander of the Middle Branch Goose River two miles to the east and the quiet stillness of Lynch Lake nearby. Light in this corner of the world possesses a peculiar clarity, turning the fields into a palette of burnished gold and deep umber as dusk settles. A few miles away, the Steele County Waterfowl Production Area provides a sanctuary for migratory wings, punctuating the silence of the grasslands with the sudden, sharp rustle of life. Even the distant silhouette of Butte Michaud, fifteen miles off, serves only to emphasize the immense, open scale of the ground beneath one's feet.

Finley functions as a quiet anchor for the surrounding agricultural expanse, its economy rooted firmly in the resilience of the soil and the cycles of the harvest. The grain elevators stand as sentinels of this industrious history, symbols of a life governed by the changing seasons and the steady labor of those who work the land. Life in Finley moves with an unadorned, deliberate pace, where the passage of time is measured not by clockwork, but by the weight of the clouds and the shifting textures of the stubble fields. There is a profound honesty in the architecture of the streets and the endurance of the local institutions that have sustained the population through decades of frost and sun. In the cool air of the morning, one feels the weight of a heritage built upon persistence, a place where the connection between the people and the expanse of the plains remains unbroken and clear.

About This Finley Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Finley, North Dakota. Coordinates: 47.514158, -97.835925. 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 Finley includes the ZIP code (58230), telephone area code (701), county seat of Steele County (Finley), and school district assignment (Finley-Sharon 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.