Jessie North Dakota Map

About Jessie, North Dakota

Jessie is a locality in Griggs County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 22. The population density is 17.9 people per km². Jessie is located at 47.5422°N, 98.2382°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 58452.

Jessie anchors itself to the vast, open prairie of North Dakota, where the horizon stretches toward an enormous sky that dictates the mood of the day. It lies 48.9 miles north-northeast of Jamestown, ND (from Jamestown, ND: bearing 27°T), and is situated 49.3 miles southeast of Devils Lake. The landscape around Jessie is defined by the subtle, rhythmic swell of the earth, punctuated two miles away by the quiet waters of Lake Jessie and the protected grasses of the Griggs County Waterfowl Production Area. To the west, the solitary elevation of Butte Michaud breaks the flatness, standing as a landmark against the shifting weather, while the Sheyenne River carves a path through the region seven miles away. In the cooling light of late afternoon, the grasses turn a pale, brittle gold, casting long, thin shadows that seem to hold the silence of the plains in suspension.

Agricultural tradition remains the pulse of Jessie, where the soil dictates the labor and the season determines the movement of the day. The local economy relies on the stubborn fertility of the earth, a heritage that remembers the early settlers who broke the sod and established a life amidst the unpredictable climate. Jessie carries the quiet weight of these cycles, where the work of the fields persists with a steady, unadorned focus. Life here moves in accordance with the turning of the crops and the migration of birds, a slow, deliberate pace that finds beauty in the harsh, clear light of winter and the sudden, vivid green of a short spring.

About This Jessie Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Jessie, North Dakota. Coordinates: 47.542218, -98.238152. 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 Jessie includes the ZIP code (58452), 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.