McHenry North Dakota Map

About McHenry, North Dakota

McHenry is a locality in Foster County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 64. The population density is 100.4 people per km². McHenry is located at 47.5761°N, 98.5915°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. McHenry is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58464.

McHenry unfolds across a vast, horizontal expanse where the prairie grass moves in rhythmic waves under an enormous, unyielding sky. It lies 46.3 miles north of Jamestown, ND (from Jamestown, ND: bearing 7°T), and is situated 26.4 miles east-northeast of Carrington. The landscape here is defined by the quiet persistence of the plains, where the horizon stretches thin and taut, broken only by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Melby Hills rising thirteen miles away. Within the immediate basin, the Foster County Waterfowl Production Area provides a sanctuary for migratory life, its wetlands reflecting the shifting colors of a day that begins in pale amber and ends in deep, bruised violet. Five miles to the west, Baldhill Creek carves a subtle, winding path through the silt, while the waters of Stony Lake sit tucked into the low-lying terrain, offering a cool, reflective stillness to the surrounding fields.

McHenry remains anchored to the rhythms of the earth, its identity forged by the labor of those who cultivate the heavy, dark soil of this northern expanse. The local economy persists as a quiet dialogue between the farmer and the seasons, a cycle of planting and harvest that dictates the pace of every passing month. Vestiges of earlier settlement linger in the weathered wood of grain elevators that stand as sentinels against the wind, their stark geometry a reminder of a time when the railroad first tied these isolated stretches to the wider world. Life in McHenry possesses a deliberate, measured gravity, where the silence of the winter frost is as much a part of the local character as the sudden, vibrant green of spring, and the people carry the endurance of the land in their steady, unspoken resolve.

About This McHenry Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of McHenry, North Dakota. Coordinates: 47.576108, -98.59149. 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 McHenry includes the ZIP code (58464), telephone area code (701), county seat of Foster County (Carrington), and school district assignment (Midkota Public School District 7).

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.