Golva North Dakota Map

About Golva, North Dakota

Golva is a locality in Golden Valley County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 84. The population density is 101.4 people per km². Golva is located at 46.7342°N, 103.9863°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Golva is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58632.

Golva emerges from the high, arid plains of western North Dakota as a collection of weathered structures anchored against an immense and restless sky. It lies 57.5 miles west of Dickinson, ND (from Dickinson, ND: bearing 260°T), and is situated 42.8 miles southeast of Glendive. The landscape around Golva defines itself through the slow erosion of the earth, where the flat prairie begins to fracture into the rugged, shadowed terrain of the badlands. To the west, the faint, jagged silhouette of Windy Ridge marks the distant horizon, while closer at hand, the waters of Bullion Creek carve a thin, winding path through the soil. The light here possesses a particular, sharp clarity at dusk, casting long, bruised shadows across the dry grasses that ripple in the constant, restless wind.

History in this place is measured by the endurance of those who staked their claim upon a landscape that yields only to persistent labor. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the earth, defined by the seasonal cycles of agriculture and the quiet, industrial hum of the surrounding oil country. Beyond the town limits, the landscape shifts into the expansive, uncultivated stretches of the Montana State Trust Lands, offering a stark contrast to the small, concentrated grid of the village. Residents move with a deliberate, tempered pace, their lives shaped by the presence of Johnstone Dam nearby and the vast, silent distance between neighbors, where the scarcity of water and the abundance of space dictate the fundamental character of every day.

About This Golva Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Golva, North Dakota. Coordinates: 46.734179, -103.986317. 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 Golva includes the ZIP code (58632), telephone area code (701), county seat of Golden Valley County (Beach), and school district assignment (Lone Tree Public School District 6).

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.