Oxbow North Dakota Map

About Oxbow, North Dakota

Oxbow is a locality in Cass County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 491. The population density is 91.0 people per km². Oxbow is located at 46.6728°N, 96.8100°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 58047.

Oxbow rests on a broad, fertile plain, a place where the earth itself seems to breathe a slow, steady rhythm under an immense sky. It lies 14.0 miles south of Moorhead, MN (from Moorhead, MN: bearing 188°T), and is situated 7.4 miles south-east of Horace. The land here is a vast canvas of cultivated fields, stretching out in swathes of emerald and gold, broken only by the occasional cluster of cottonwood trees that stand like stoic sentinels against the horizon. A palpable sense of quietude pervades the air, a stillness that hums with the unseen life of the prairie – the whisper of wind through tall grasses, the distant call of a meadowlark. The very light at dusk seems to hold a special quality, a soft, diffused glow that gilds the edges of the world, turning the ordinary into something subtly luminous. This is a place shaped by the enduring spirit of agriculture, where generations have worked the rich soil that defines Oxbow’s character and its economy. The Red River Valley’s bounty, evident in the orderly rows of crops, has long been the lifeblood of this community, fostering a hardy resilience in its people. The history of settlement, of homesteaders carving a life from this open country, is etched not in grand monuments, but in the very way the land is tended, in the enduring strength of the farmsteads that dot the landscape. There’s a deep, unassuming pride here, a quiet understanding of the cycles of nature and the rewards of honest labor that connects the present to the past, a subtle echo of the pioneers who first found their footing in this fertile expanse.

About This Oxbow Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Oxbow, North Dakota — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 46.672822, -96.810021. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Oxbow and Cass County.

Detailed location data for Oxbow includes the ZIP code (58047), telephone area code (701), county seat of Cass County (Fargo), and school district assignment (Kindred Public School District 2). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Oxbow is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.