Napoleon North Dakota Map

About Napoleon, North Dakota

Napoleon is a locality in Logan County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 749. The population density is 209.1 people per km². Napoleon is located at 46.5083°N, 99.7712°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Napoleon is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58561.

Napoleon rises from the expansive, treeless plains of North Dakota like a solitary anchor cast into an ocean of grass. It lies 52.3 miles east-southeast of Bismarck, ND (from Bismarck, ND: bearing 113°T), and is situated 57.4 miles east-southeast of Mandan. The horizon pulls the sky downward in a vast, pale arc, pressing against the earth until the silence feels heavy and full. To the northwest, the Altamont Moraine hums with the memory of ancient ice, its irregular rises breaking the monotony of the flatlands that stretch toward the distant, shimmering surface of McKenna Lake. Here, the light at dusk is a bruised violet, turning the stalks of wheat into thin, gilded wires that shiver under the persistent, restless wind.

Napoleon carries the weight of a history carved by the plow and the cold, built upon the hard labor of those who arrived to break the stubborn sod. The economy draws its strength from the cycles of the harvest, with grain elevators standing as sentinels that watch over the quiet streets where the pace of life is dictated by the turning seasons. Beyond the immediate reach of the fields, the landscape shifts toward the rugged terrain near Beaver Creek and the protected stillness of the Logan County Waterfowl Production Area, where the land remains largely untamed. Even as the modern world pushes against these borders, Napoleon retains the austere character of the high plains, a place where the distance between neighbors is measured in patience and the slow, steady persistence of the soil.

About This Napoleon Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Napoleon, North Dakota. Coordinates: 46.508313, -99.77122. 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 Napoleon includes the ZIP code (58561), telephone area code (701), county seat of Logan County (Napoleon), and school district assignment (Napoleon Public School District 2).

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.