Map of Center city, North Dakota

Center is a city in Oliver County, North Dakota, United States. It is the county seat of, and the only incorporated place in, Oliver County. The population was 588 at the 2020 census.

Center city overview:
Name:	Center city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	North Dakota
County:	Oliver County
Founded:	1902
Elevation:	1,975 ft (602 m)
Total Area:	0.48 sq mi (1.24 km²)
Land Area:	0.48 sq mi (1.24 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	588
Population Density:	1,230.13/sq mi (474.59/km²)
ZIP code:	58530
Area code:	701
FIPS code:	3813180
GNISfeature ID:	1028320
Website:	centernd.net

Online Interactive Map

Center online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.

Center location map. Where is Center city?

Center location on the U.S. Map. Where is Center city. — Center location on the U.S. Map.

Center location on the North Dakota map. Where is Center city. — Location of Center in North Dakota.

History

Center was founded in 1902. The city was named from its location near the geographical center of Oliver County. Coincidentally, it has also been calculated to be the geographical center of North America.

The town is somewhat notable for the blizzard-related death of Hazel Miner, who would go on to be the subject of a song and memorials.

Center Road Map

Center city Satellite Map

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.46 square miles (1.19 km), all land.

Southwest of Center, there is a large open air coal mine. Southeast of Center, at Nelson Lake there is a large power plant. West of Nelson Lake is situated the Square Butte high-voltage direct current transmission line’s static inverter.

Center of North America

Peter Rogerson, a professor of geography at the University at Buffalo in New York, used new scientific methods and the azimuthal equidistant projection to calculate the “geographic center” of the North American continent. By some extraordinary coincidence, he found that Center, North Dakota, is the continent’s geographical center.