Stanton North Dakota Map

About Stanton, North Dakota

Stanton is a locality in Mercer County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 368. The population density is 400.2 people per km². Stanton is located at 47.3211°N, 101.3815°W. It observes the Central Time (America/North_Dakota/Beulah) timezone. Stanton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58571.

Stanton commands a quiet expanse where the Knife River carves a slow, deliberate path through the earth, marking the boundary between the cultivated fields and the rugged, sun-bleached terrain that stretches toward the horizon. It lies 41.3 miles northwest of Mandan, ND (from Mandan, ND: bearing 326°T), and is situated 19.0 miles east-northeast of Beulah. The landscape surrounding Stanton is defined by an immense, unyielding sky that shifts from bruised violet to pale amber as the sun dips behind the distant, jagged silhouette of Red Butte. To the west, the land begins a subtle transformation, shedding the soft mantle of prairie grasses to reveal the raw, exposed sediment of the badlands. Four miles away, the Missouri Breaks offers a stark, protected corridor of wilder topography, while Weller Slough remains a hidden, stagnant mirror ten miles out, catching the light in its shallow, wind-ruffled basin.

Stanton maintains an economy forged by the deep, carbon-rich seams of the earth, a legacy of industry that dictates the measured pace of the days. The rhythm of life here is shaped by the heavy, persistent work of energy production, an influence that hums in the background of a place where history is measured in generations of labor and the steady persistence of homesteading families. There is a singular beauty in the way the twilight catches the industrial geometry of the region, softening the hard edges of steel and coal against the vast, darkening plains. People here move with a practiced efficiency, acknowledging the silence of the wide-open spaces that define the character of Stanton, where the wind carries the scent of dry soil and the faint, grounding grit of the northern plains.

About This Stanton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Stanton, North Dakota. Coordinates: 47.32111, -101.381548. 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 Stanton includes the ZIP code (58571), telephone area code (701), county seat of Mercer County (Stanton), and school district assignment (Center-Stanton 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.