Frontier North Dakota Map

About Frontier, North Dakota

Frontier is a locality in Cass County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 169. The population density is 362.8 people per km². Frontier is located at 46.8005°N, 96.8331°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 58104.

Frontier in Cass County is a place where the sky feels impossibly vast, a boundless canvas stretching over gently rolling prairie. It lies 5.7 miles south-south-west of Fargo, ND (from Fargo, ND: bearing 201°T), and is situated 5.9 miles south-south-west of Moorhead. The landscape, a patchwork of cultivated fields and open grassland, exhales a scent of rich, dark earth, especially potent after a rain. Sunlight, when it breaks through, has a liquid quality, pooling in the ditches and glinting off the distant, almost imperceptible horizon. The air itself carries a certain stillness, a quietude broken only by the whisper of wind through tall grasses or the distant rumble of a passing combine. This is a land that demands attention, not through dramatic peaks or crashing waves, but through its sheer, unadorned expanse. The history of Frontier is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring legacy of agriculture, a testament to the hardy spirit that first settled these fertile plains. The local economy, deeply rooted in the cultivation of wheat and soybeans, still hums with the rhythm of planting and harvest, a vital pulse that connects the present to generations past. While not a hub of industry, Frontier’s character is defined by its hardworking populace and a sense of shared resilience, a quiet pride in the land that sustains them. The distinctive feature of Frontier is this profound connection to the soil, a relationship that shapes the very essence of life here, under the immense Dakota sky.

About This Frontier Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Frontier, North Dakota — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 46.800521, -96.833139. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Frontier and Cass County.

Detailed location data for Frontier includes the ZIP code (58104), telephone area code (701), county seat of Cass County (Fargo), and school district assignment (Fargo Public School District 1). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Frontier is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.