Zap North Dakota Map

About Zap, North Dakota

Zap is a locality in Mercer County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 200. The population density is 57.2 people per km². Zap is located at 47.2864°N, 101.9227°W. It observes the Central Time (America/North_Dakota/Beulah) timezone. ZIP code: 58580.

Zap lies on a flat expanse, where the prairie stretches wide and the sky feels immense. It lies 49.6 miles north-east of Dickinson, ND (from Dickinson, ND: bearing 55°T), and is situated 7.0 miles west-north-west of Beulah. The land here is a subtle palette of ochres and muted greens, broken by the occasional stand of wind-bent cottonwoods that offer a meager, yet welcome, shade. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the dust of the fields and the faint, sweet aroma of ripening grain. The silence of Zap is not an emptiness, but a presence, a quiet hum of the earth breathing under the vast North Dakota sky. The history of Zap is as unadorned as its landscape, tied to the fertile soil that has sustained generations. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of agriculture, carved a life out of this challenging terrain, establishing a community that learned to endure the extremes of weather. The local economy remains rooted in farming, with wheat and other grains dominating the fields that surround the settlement. There are no grand monuments or bustling tourist attractions in Zap; its character is found in the steadfastness of its people and the quiet dignity of a place where life moves at the pace of the seasons, punctuated by the slow, steady turning of the earth.

About This Zap Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Zap, North Dakota — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 47.286397, -101.92267. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Zap and Mercer County.

Detailed location data for Zap includes the ZIP code (58580), telephone area code (701), county seat of Mercer County (Stanton), and school district assignment (Beulah Public School District 27). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Zap is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.