Hoople North Dakota Map

About Hoople, North Dakota

Hoople is a locality in Walsh County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 247. The population density is 176.3 people per km². Hoople is located at 48.5347°N, 97.6348°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hoople is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58243.

Hoople anchors itself to the vast, level expanse of the Red River Valley, where the horizon stretches into a seamless union of earth and sky. It lies 50.4 miles north-northwest of Grand Forks, ND (from Grand Forks, ND: bearing 327°T), and is situated 13.3 miles northwest of Grafton. The North Branch Park River carves a quiet, meandering path through the landscape, its banks lined with dense thickets of willow and ash that break the relentless reach of the prairie wind. Two miles away, the subtle depression of The Coulee marks the terrain, providing a slight variance in the otherwise absolute flatness that defines the local topography. At dusk, the light here possesses a peculiar, thin clarity, turning the fields into a palette of bruised purples and pale golds that seem to amplify the silence of the immense, open air.

Agriculture serves as the pulse of Hoople, with the dark, fertile soil yielding consistent harvests that have sustained families for generations. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the planting and harvest seasons, a cycle that dictates the pace of life and the quiet movement of heavy machinery along the grid of rural roads. Residents often seek recreation at Homme Lake, a nearby sanctuary that offers a reprieve from the labor of the fields and a place to observe the changing seasons against the water’s edge. While the distant, faint silhouette of Horgan Ridge occasionally haunts the western horizon on the clearest of days, Hoople remains defined by its own industrious spirit and the steady, unadorned endurance of its people.

About This Hoople Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hoople, North Dakota. Coordinates: 48.534714, -97.634809. 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 Hoople includes the ZIP code (58243), telephone area code (701), county seat of Walsh County (Grafton), and school district assignment (Valley-Edinburg Public School District 118).

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.