Sherwood North Dakota Map

About Sherwood, North Dakota

Sherwood is a locality in Renville County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 194. The population density is 237.0 people per km². Sherwood is located at 48.9600°N, 101.6327°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Sherwood is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58782.

Sherwood emerges from the vast, treeless expanse of the northern plains like a quiet punctuation mark on a long, horizontal sentence. It lies 52.6 miles north-northwest of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 343°T), and is situated 39.8 miles north-northwest of Minot AFB. The horizon here is an immense, unblinking eye, where the pale blue sky meets the earth in a blur of dust and golden grass, creating a sense of scale that renders human endeavor small but persistent. Nearby, Cut Bank Creek carves a narrow, meandering path through the terrain, its banks offering the only real relief from the relentless flatness of the surrounding fields. During the height of the summer, the light turns a bruised, honeyed gold at dusk, casting long, melancholy shadows that seem to stretch back toward the horizon, while the winter air arrives with a sharp, crystalline clarity that strips the landscape to its essential, monochromatic bones.

Sherwood maintains a rhythmic existence deeply tethered to the cycles of the soil, where the local economy remains a patient dialogue between the cultivator and the stubborn, productive earth. The history of the settlement is etched into the architecture of its grain elevators, which stand as sentinels over the rail lines that once dictated the pulse of the region’s growth. While the Bottineau County Waterfowl Production Area provides a vital sanctuary for migratory life some miles away, the immediate surroundings of Sherwood are defined by the industry of wheat and oil, a pairing that keeps the local spirit industrious and understated. Life moves with a deliberate, measured cadence, informed by the proximity of Lake Darling, which serves as a distant, shimmering anchor for the regional geography. Despite the isolation inherent in the wide prairie, there is a profound, quiet dignity in the way Sherwood persists, a place where the emptiness of the landscape is not a void, but a canvas for the resilience of those who call it home.

About This Sherwood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sherwood, North Dakota. Coordinates: 48.960019, -101.632661. 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 Sherwood includes the ZIP code (58782), telephone area code (701), county seat of Renville County (Mohall), and school district assignment (Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood Public School District 1).

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.