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Fordville North Dakota Map

Explore Fordville, North Dakota, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Fordville, North Dakota

How to Use This Fordville, North Dakota Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Fordville, North Dakota. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of North Dakota or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Fordville.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Fordville
State	North Dakota (ND)
County	Walsh County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	48.217493
Longitude	-97.790645
Population	207
Density	79.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58231
Area Code	701
County Seat	Grafton
School District	Fordville-Lankin Public School District 5

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About Fordville, North Dakota

Fordville is a locality in Walsh County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 207. The population density is 79.0 people per km². Fordville is located at 48.2175°N, 97.7906°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Fordville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58231.

Fordville emerges from the vast, open expanse of the North Dakota prairie, a place where the sky commands a presence more formidable than the earth itself. It lies 40.4 miles west-northwest of Grand Forks, ND (from Grand Forks, ND: bearing 300°T), and is situated 22.0 miles southwest of Grafton. The horizon stretches in an unbroken, level line, interrupted only by the occasional silhouette of a grain elevator or the thin, persistent line of the North Branch Forest River, which carves a modest path through the surrounding fields. As the sun dips toward the edge of the world, the landscape softens, turning the dry grasses into a sea of amber that seems to hold the light long after the day has ostensibly concluded. Six miles to the west, the land dips into the subtle, mysterious depression of Skunk Coulee, a reminder of the quiet geological shifts that have shaped this terrain into a tapestry of flat, fertile dirt and subtle, wind-swept undulations.

Agriculture remains the singular heartbeat of Fordville, dictating the rhythm of life through the planting of spring wheat and the late-summer harvest that keeps the local economy aligned with the soil. History here is marked not by grand monuments, but by the resilience of those who built their lives amidst the demanding climate, constructing a settlement that persists through the harsh, freezing winters and the sudden, vivid blooms of spring. Residents find recreation in the wider landscape, perhaps venturing toward the Grand Forks County Waterfowl Production Area to observe the seasonal migration of birds, or seeking the stillness found near the waters of Homme Lake. In Fordville, the quietude is not an absence of sound but a deliberate clarity, allowing the traveler to hear the wind move through the stalks and recognize the profound, steady patience required to thrive in such an expansive, unyielding geography.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Grand Forks County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 8.6 mi, 165° S
Homme Lake (Recreation Area) — 12.7 mi, 359° N
Nelson County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 15.5 mi, 232° SW
Grand Forks County Water Management Board (State Recreation Area) — 17.5 mi, 154° SE
C.c. Cook (State Conservation Area) — 20.1 mi, 346° N
Ardoch National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.3 mi, 083° E · 632 acres
Ed Bry (State Conservation Area) — 22.2 mi, 102° E
Turtle River State Park (State Park) — 22.9 mi, 146° SE
Prairie Chicken (State Recreation Area) — 23.5 mi, 105° E
Till Hill (Viewpoint) — 23.6 mi, 145° SE
Warrior of the North (Public Artwork) — 26.5 mi, 134° SE
Kellys Slough National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.8 mi, 128° SE · 1,634 acres
Icelandic State Park (State Park) — 37.9 mi, 003° N
Leonard Hall Geology Museum (Museum) — 39.2 mi, 121° SE
Heritage Village (Museum) — 40.4 mi, 118° SE
AFL CIO Commemorative Plaque (Monument) — 40.4 mi, 123° SE
Empire Theatre (Theatre) — 40.5 mi, 120° SE
River Cinema 15 (Cinema) — 40.5 mi, 119° SE
Flood Memorial (Monument) — 40.5 mi, 119° SE
Zavoral Monument (Monument) — 42.8 mi, 120° SE
Sweetlight Gallery (Gallery) — 62.7 mi, 119° SE
Kittson County Historical Museum (Museum) — 62.9 mi, 055° NE
Karlstad Pavilion (Theatre) — 63.2 mi, 066° NE
Viking Farmer Museam (Museum) — 63.9 mi, 089° E
Long lake (Attraction) — 68.4 mi, 259° W

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