Alsen, North Dakota

About Alsen

Set in the northern part of North Dakota, Alsen is a tiny community counting 30 people who proudly call it home.

Alsen holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 29.36 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 1 residents per square mile.

📰 Alsen News Today

• An unlikely crime scene: How investigators unraveled an ax murder-suicide mystery InForum · Jul 22
• Clifford J. Nelson Obituary Apr 9, 2023 Amundson Funeral and Cremation Service · Apr 9
• Alsen, North Dakota Population 2026 World Population Review · Aug 18
• Alvin Klein Obituary Oct 19, 2014 Askew Funeral Home | Langdon, ND · Oct 19
• Alsen, N.D., has a big high school basketball heritage Grand Forks Herald · Jul 7

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What Makes Alsen Unique

• The only place in America named Alsen — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• With 30 residents, it's one of America's smallest incorporated communities — everybody really does know everybody.
• One of the northernmost communities in the lower 48 states.
• Positioned in northern North Dakota, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 9 miles.

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