Knox North Dakota Map

About Knox, North Dakota

Knox is a locality in Benson County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 22. The population density is 17.6 people per km². Knox is located at 48.3403°N, 99.6904°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Knox is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58343.

Knox occupies a span of open, high-plains prairie where the sky asserts a gravity that makes the earth feel secondary. It lies 74.2 miles east of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 84°T), and is situated 14.2 miles east of Rugby. The horizon remains stubbornly flat, interrupted only by the modest rise of Broken Bone Hill four miles to the west, a landmark that offers a rare anchor in a landscape defined by its immense, unblinking exposure. To the south, the terrain softens into the marshes of Knox Slough, a Special Conservation Area where the seasonal pulse of water dictates the growth of tall, rust-colored grasses. Three miles away, the surface of Mud Lake mirrors the shifting moods of the atmosphere, often appearing as a plate of hammered lead under the heavy, pale light of a North Dakota afternoon.

Agriculture serves as the quiet engine of Knox, anchoring a life governed by the cycle of soil preparation and the inevitable arrival of the harvest. The economic current here moves in slow synchronicity with the grain elevators that stand as sentinels against the wind, reminding travelers that the history of the region is written in the labor of homesteading families who first turned this stubborn sod. While Ox Creek meanders nineteen miles away, its presence is felt more in the moisture it brings to the broader valley than in any direct influence on the daily transit of the residents. Life in Knox proceeds with a deliberate, measured pace, characterized by a stoic endurance that matches the quiet, rhythmic expansion of the wheat fields during the long, golden stretches of midsummer.

About This Knox Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Knox, North Dakota. Coordinates: 48.340276, -99.690413. 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 Knox includes the ZIP code (58343), telephone area code (701), county seat of Benson County (Minnewaukan), and school district assignment (Rugby Public School District 5).

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.