Tolna North Dakota Map

About Tolna, North Dakota

Tolna is a locality in Nelson County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 136. The population density is 69.8 people per km². Tolna is located at 47.8272°N, 98.4401°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Tolna is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58380.

Tolna occupies a vast, hushed expanse of the northern plains where the horizon pulls the eye toward an infinite, pale blue distance. It lies 64.6 miles north of Jamestown, ND (from Jamestown, ND: bearing 11°T), and is situated 28.2 miles southeast of Devils Lake. The land here is defined by a subtle, glacial topography, featuring the gentle depression of Tolna Coulee just a mile away, which serves as a seasonal vein for snowmelt and rain. To the east, the landscape leans toward the silent, alkaline presence of Stump Lake, while the Sheyenne River winds through the lower elevations nearby, its banks fringed with hardy brush that resists the biting wind. The light at dusk settles over the fields in long, bruised purples, turning the stubble of the harvest into a metallic, glowing bronze that seems to hold the warmth of the day against the cooling earth.

Settlement in Tolna grew from the hard necessity of rail expansion and the promise of the dark, fertile soil that drew families to break the prairie sod. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the grain elevator and the seasonal demands of agriculture, where the success of the year is measured in bushels and the persistence of the local workforce. Residents maintain a quiet vigilance over the land, occasionally traveling toward the Stump Lake National Wildlife Refuge to witness the migration of birds across the empty sky. Blue Mountain rises as a distant, solitary silhouette on the horizon, a landmark that anchors the traveler in a landscape where the primary industry is the patient, enduring labor of the harvest and the maintenance of a life lived close to the soil.

About This Tolna Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Tolna, North Dakota. Coordinates: 47.82722, -98.440102. 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 Tolna includes the ZIP code (58380), telephone area code (701), county seat of Nelson County (Lakota), and school district assignment (Dakota Prairie 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.