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 195. The population density is 400.5 people per km². Frontier is located at 46.8005°N, 96.8331°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Frontier is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58104.

Frontier stretches across the flat, uncompromising expanse of the North Dakota plains where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 5.7 miles south-southwest of Fargo, ND (from Fargo, ND: bearing 201°T), and is situated 5.9 miles south-southwest of Moorhead. Beneath a vault of pale, relentless blue, the land extends in a singular, leveled plane, punctuated only by the low, wind-scoured grasses of Prairie Farms Park that marks the immediate perimeter of the settlement. A mile to the east, the Red River of the North carves a dark, serpentine line through the silt, its movement slow and heavy with the sediment of the plains. Here, the air carries a dry, metallic sharpness, and at dusk, the horizon pulls the light thin until the fields dissolve into a deep, bruised violet, leaving the silence of the prairie to settle over the ground like a shroud.

Frontier maintains a quiet, industrial cadence tethered to the cycles of the earth and the heavy machinery that defines the regional economy. The history of the locale is written in the steel of grain elevators and the rhythmic hum of transit, echoing the persistence of those who settled this open reach to coax sustenance from the stubborn soil. While the distant, shimmering surface of Maria Lake remains a remote reference point for travelers, the life of the place stays anchored to the immediate proximity of the river and the vast, productive acreage that surrounds it. The days unfold with a deliberate, unadorned utility, reflecting a culture shaped by the necessity of endurance and the immense, lonely beauty of a landscape that demands respect from all who inhabit it.

About This Frontier Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Frontier, North Dakota. Coordinates: 46.800521, -96.833139. 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 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).

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.