Sutton North Dakota Map

About Sutton, North Dakota

Sutton is a locality in Griggs County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 17. The population density is 32.0 people per km². Sutton is located at 47.4019°N, 98.4393°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 58484.

Sutton emerges from the immense, pale horizon like a sudden stillness in the rolling prairie, a singular point of human permanence amidst the restless grasses. It lies 36.2 miles north-northeast of Jamestown, ND (from Jamestown, ND: bearing 20°T), and is situated 32.3 miles east of Carrington. The air here carries a crystalline, dry sharpness that clarifies the distance, rendering the distant Melby Hills into faint, violet-gray etchings against the sky. Three miles to the west, Baldhill Creek carves a meditative, winding path through the soil, its banks providing a subtle respite of brush and shadow in an otherwise expansive landscape. The light at dusk exerts a strange, heavy pressure on the land, turning the wheat fields into swaths of hammered copper before the deep, velvet dark of the plains takes hold.

Agriculture remains the singular, rhythmic pulse of Sutton, dictating the cycle of the seasons and the quiet diligence of the local economy. Beyond the immediate reach of the silos and the grid of gravel roads, the Griggs County Waterfowl Production Area offers a sanctuary for the migratory silence that defines the region, while the waters of Jones Lake remain a reflective, shallow mirror for the vast, cloud-streaked sky. History here is not written in grand monuments but in the persistent, functional architecture of a life lived in proximity to the earth, where the labor of the harvest creates a tangible connection to the soil. People in Sutton navigate their days with a deliberate, unadorned grace, moving through a landscape that demands both respect and a certain sturdy, internal fortitude.

About This Sutton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sutton, North Dakota. Coordinates: 47.40194, -98.439264. 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 Sutton includes the ZIP code (58484), telephone area code (701), county seat of Griggs County (Cooperstown), and school district assignment (Midkota Public School District 7).

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.