Hannaford North Dakota Map

About Hannaford, North Dakota

Hannaford is a locality in Griggs County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 126. The population density is 222.1 people per km². Hannaford is located at 47.3133°N, 98.1865°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hannaford is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58448.

Hannaford marks the intersection of high-plains endurance and the quiet, persistent pulse of Baldhill Creek as it carves a slow path through the deep, black soil of the valley. It lies 37.1 miles northeast of Jamestown, ND (from Jamestown, ND: bearing 41°T), and is situated 28.3 miles north-northwest of Valley City. The horizon stretches wide and unencumbered, a vast canvas where the light at dusk bleeds into a bruised indigo, illuminating the low, rhythmic swells of the earth that define this stretch of the prairie. Beyond the immediate fields, the Grasshopper Hills rise in the far distance like a serrated, blurred spine against the sky, while the Griggs County Waterfowl Production Area provides a sanctuary of tall grasses and seasonal marshland just a few miles from the center. The air here carries a crisp, mineral sharpness, untroubled by the clutter of larger metropolises, leaving the land to breathe under a sky that seems to press down with an immense, singular weight.

Agriculture remains the marrow of existence in Hannaford, where the seasonal cycle of planting and harvest dictates the tempo of daily life much as it did during the early years of settlement. Grain elevators stand as austere, sentinels of the economy, their silhouettes punctuating the skyline as reminders of the town’s role in the regional harvest. While the bustle of larger commerce remains distant, there is a particular dignity in the way the local life organizes itself around the modest, enduring rhythms of the landscape, occasionally drawing inhabitants toward the quiet shores of Lake Benson to observe the changing patterns of the migratory birds. History here is not found in grand monuments, but in the stubborn, weathered persistence of the farmsteads and the way the community maintains its footing amidst the vast, open expanse of the North Dakota plains.

About This Hannaford Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hannaford, North Dakota. Coordinates: 47.313325, -98.186485. 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 Hannaford includes the ZIP code (58448), telephone area code (701), county seat of Griggs County (Cooperstown), and school district assignment (Griggs County Central School District 18).

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.