Sharon North Dakota Map

About Sharon, North Dakota

Sharon is a locality in Steele County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 86. The population density is 22.3 people per km². Sharon is located at 47.5972°N, 97.8940°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Sharon is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58277.

Sharon occupies a vast, level expanse of the northern plains where the horizon stretches wide enough to swallow the sun whole. It lies 46.0 miles west-southwest of Grand Forks, ND (from Grand Forks, ND: bearing 241°T), and is situated 46.5 miles west-southwest of East Grand Forks. The land here remains stubbornly flat, defined by the slow, deliberate movement of the Middle Branch Goose River a mile to the west and the quiet presence of the Steele County Waterfowl Production Area nearby. During the autumn, the light turns a thin, brittle gold, illuminating the stubble of harvested fields and casting long, sharp shadows that emphasize the immense solitude of the prairie. To the distant west, the silhouette of Butte Michaud rises faintly against the sky, a singular landmark in a landscape otherwise defined by the relentless reach of the earth meeting the clouds.

Sharon persists as a quiet node of agricultural industry, its rhythm dictated by the cycles of planting and the heavy, metallic grain elevators that stand as sentinels over the tracks. The legacy of homesteading persists in the sturdy, utilitarian architecture of the main street and the persistent work of those who till the dark, fertile soil. Residents often traverse the few miles to Pickerel Lake to find a different texture in the land, a brief respite where the water reflects the expansive, unmoving sky. Life in Sharon follows the seasons with a stark, honest gravity, where the wind carries the scent of turned earth and the constant, underlying hum of a working landscape that demands both patience and resilience from those who remain.

About This Sharon Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sharon, North Dakota. Coordinates: 47.597214, -97.893982. 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 Sharon includes the ZIP code (58277), telephone area code (701), county seat of Steele County (Finley), and school district assignment (Finley-Sharon Public School District 19).

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.