Selfridge North Dakota Map

About Selfridge, North Dakota

Selfridge is a locality in Sioux County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 127. The population density is 166.2 people per km². Selfridge is located at 46.0414°N, 100.9251°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Selfridge is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58568.

Selfridge sits exposed to the wide, indifferent pull of the North Dakota prairie, where the horizon stretches thin and taut against a sky that occupies more of the world than the earth itself. It lies 53.4 miles south of Bismarck, ND (from Bismarck, ND: bearing 187°T), and is situated 54.3 miles south of Mandan. The landscape here is defined by a stern, geologic patience, marked by the nearby Porcupine Hills that rise like weathered knuckles against the fading light of dusk. Porcupine Creek carves a narrow, rhythmic path through the dry grasses just a mile from the center, its bed sometimes holding the reflection of clouds and sometimes nothing but the bleached white of river stone. When the wind moves over the ground, it carries the scent of dust and cured hay, a dry air that holds the heat of the day long after the sun has dipped below the rim of the plains.

Selfridge remains tied to the slow, seasonal pulse of agriculture, a place where the economy is written in the cycle of planting and the quiet maintenance of fence lines. The town carries the weight of history in its unassuming grid, a settlement born of the expansion of the rail and the resilience of those who arrived to carve a living from the stubborn soil. Eight miles away, the quiet waters of the Froelich Dam offer a rare, still depth in the landscape, while the distant, shallow expanse of Little Heart Flats serves as a reminder of the region’s ancient, glacial drainage. Life here moves without pretense, shaped by the practical demands of a rural existence and the long, quiet nights that turn the prairie into a vast, dark sea of stars.

About This Selfridge Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Selfridge, North Dakota. Coordinates: 46.041389, -100.92513. 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 Selfridge includes the ZIP code (58568), telephone area code (701), county seat of Sioux County (Fort Yates), and school district assignment (Selfridge Public School District 8).

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.