Stanton, North Dakota

About Stanton

Stanton is a tiny community in western North Dakota counting 363 people who proudly call it home.

Stanton holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.35 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 1,037 residents per square mile.

📰 Stanton News Today

• Obituary for Donna Mae (Smith) Buchmann Barbot Funeral Home · Oct 5
• Stanton Weather Today & Hourly Forecast SpaceRef · Sep 1
• Toni Stanton Obituary Aug 11, 2026 Bismarck Funeral Home and Crematory · Aug 11
• Basin Electric, NextEra Energy hold open house to discuss data center KX News · Mar 31
• The Dakota Drive: Kynsli Gillmore and Pete Stanton - KFYR-TV KFYR-TV · Aug 17

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

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What Makes Stanton Unique

• One of 9 places in the US named Stanton — but the North Dakota one has a character all its own.
• Positioned in western North Dakota, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of North Dakota — one of 406 recognized communities statewide.

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 Stanton

• Fort Clark Historic Site reviews ★
• Fort Mandan Historic Site reviews ★
• Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site reviews ★
• Missouri Breaks Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Norman and Lucille Schaefer Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★

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

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