Ruthville North Dakota Map

About Ruthville, North Dakota

Ruthville is a locality in Ward County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 151. The population density is 381.1 people per km². Ruthville is located at 48.3717°N, 101.2988°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 58703.

Ruthville emerges from the vast, golden expanse of the North Dakota prairie like a deliberate pause in a long, wind-swept sentence. It lies 9.6 miles north of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 359°T), and is situated 3.6 miles south-southeast of Minot AFB. The horizon here is a flat, uncompromising line that draws the eye toward the Henderson Hills, which shimmer as a faint, violet bruise against the northern sky at dusk. Closer to the grid of gravel roads and weathered grain silos, the earth yields to the quiet presence of Livingston Creek, where the water moves with a sluggish, silver persistence through the tall grasses. During the autumn, the light loses its sharp summer edge, turning the sky into a wide, pale dome that seems to press down on the landscape, illuminating the subtle, dried textures of the plains until every tuft of wheat stubble stands in high relief.

Ruthville owes its endurance to the stubborn geometry of the homestead era, when families staked their lives on the promise of black, nutrient-rich soil. The economy remains tethered to the rhythmic cycles of the harvest, with the local grain elevators serving as the primary architecture of a life dictated by the yield of the fields. Beyond the immediate reach of the silos, the land dips into the shadowed folds of Larsons Coulee, a natural depression that provides a sheltered contrast to the exposed, expansive openness of the surrounding plains. On weekends, the quietude is occasionally broken by the distant hum of activity near Polaris Park, a space that preserves the quiet solitude of the region for those who wish to walk among the native prairie grasses. Life in Ruthville persists in this measured cadence, defined not by the rush of modern sprawl, but by the watchful stillness of a place that understands the weight of the seasons and the patience required to survive them.

About This Ruthville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ruthville, North Dakota. Coordinates: 48.371681, -101.298772. 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 Ruthville includes the ZIP code (58703), telephone area code (701), county seat of Ward County (Minot), and school district assignment (Glenburn Public School District 26).

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.