Noonan, North Dakota

About Noonan

Set in the northwestern part of North Dakota, Noonan is a tiny community counting 134 people who proudly call it home.

Noonan holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.29 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 462 residents per square mile.

📰 Noonan News Today

• ‘Our roots run deep’: Noonan High School graduates gather monthly to stay connected, 45 years after school closed - KFYR-TV KFYR-TV · May 11
• Biography celebrates life of North Dakota’s longest-serving Supreme Court chief justice North Dakota Monitor · Jan 29
• “Call Me Jerry”: A Life of Character and Service on North Dakota’s Supreme Court University of North Dakota (UND) · Jan 13
• Memorial Day programs planned journalnd.com · May 19
• Tornado-Warned Supercell moves through Williams, Divide Counties Valley News Live · Jun 9

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Noonan Unique

• The only place in America named Noonan — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.29 sq mi.
• One of the northernmost communities in the lower 48 states.
• Positioned in northwestern 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 14 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Noonan

• Harris M. Baukol Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Salt Flats Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

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