Killdeer North Dakota Map

About Killdeer, North Dakota

Killdeer is a locality in Dunn County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 939. The population density is 196.5 people per km². Killdeer is located at 47.3720°N, 102.7541°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Killdeer is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58640.

Killdeer emerges from the high, open prairie as a collection of structures held fast against the immense, restless sky of the western plains. It lies 34.1 miles north of Dickinson, ND (from Dickinson, ND: bearing 3°T), and is situated 38.6 miles southeast of Watford City. The ground around Killdeer possesses a stark, tectonic honesty, defined by the slow movement of earth that pushes into the subtle rises of the landscape, while the horizon is anchored by the blue-shadowed presence of the Killdeer Mountains ten miles to the west. Gumbo Creek carves a thin, seasonal vein through the soil just a mile from the center, its banks reflecting the shifting, bruised colors of a twilight that seems to linger for hours. Nearby, the quiet surface of Lake Ilo provides a still point in the vastness, its water attracting migratory birds that punctuate the silence with sudden, sharp cries.

Killdeer carries the weight of a history rooted in the hard, deliberate labor of ranching and the cyclical booms of the energy industry, which pulse through the economy like a rhythmic, subterranean heartbeat. The presence of the Lake Ilo National Wildlife Refuge preserves a necessary wildness, reminding those who walk its paths that the land remains indifferent to the changing machinery of human ambition. Life in Killdeer follows the pace of the seasons, moving from the biting, crystalline clarity of winter to the dusty, sun-bleached heat of late summer. Residents navigate their days with a quiet, pragmatic focus, finding a particular beauty in the way the morning light catches the dry grasses, turning the expansive fields into a shimmering, pale gold.

About This Killdeer Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Killdeer, North Dakota. Coordinates: 47.371958, -102.754075. 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 Killdeer includes the ZIP code (58640), telephone area code (701), county seat of Dunn County (Manning), and school district assignment (Killdeer Public School District 16).

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.