Manvel North Dakota Map

About Manvel, North Dakota

Manvel is a locality in Grand Forks County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 377. The population density is 509.0 people per km². Manvel is located at 48.0778°N, 97.1765°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Manvel is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58256.

Manvel occupies a stretch of North Dakota where the horizon pulls the eye toward an infinite, flat reach of earth. It lies 12.5 miles north-northwest of Grand Forks, ND (from Grand Forks, ND: bearing 328°T), and is situated 12.4 miles northwest of East Grand Forks. The Turtle River carves a deliberate path through the landscape, its banks providing a narrow green vein of cottonwoods and brush that cuts across the expanse of the plains. Five miles away, Stewart Lake holds the stillness of the sky in its shallow basin, reflecting the shifting violet and bruised gold of the evening light. To the west, the distant rise of the Altamont Moraine serves as a faint, jagged suggestion of elevation against the vast dome of the atmosphere. The air here carries the dry, clean scent of harvested soil, and the wind moves across the grasses with a persistent, low-frequency hum that defines the silence of the prairie.

Manvel serves as a quiet anchor for the agricultural rhythms that dictate the pace of life in this corner of the state. Grain elevators stand as vertical landmarks, their silhouettes marking the passage of seasons and the yield of the surrounding fields. Residents often travel toward the Grand Forks County Waterfowl Production Area, where the land is left to the marshes and the migratory birds that congregate in the quiet wetlands. The economy remains tethered to the productivity of the soil, a legacy of the early settlers who recognized the potential in this level, unyielding ground. Life here moves in accordance with the cycle of planting and harvest, a measured existence where the scale of the landscape reminds every observer of their own small place within the geometry of the plains.

About This Manvel Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Manvel, North Dakota. Coordinates: 48.077762, -97.176465. 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 Manvel includes the ZIP code (58256), telephone area code (701), county seat of Grand Forks County (Grand Forks), and school district assignment (Manvel Public School District 125).

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.