New Town, North Dakota

New Town population, 2020 to 2024

New Town lost 34 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +4.

New Town covers 2.89 square miles of land, for 946 people per square mile of land. The median North Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,621, so New Town is less dense than the typical town.

What county New Town is in

All of New Town's residents live in Mountrail County, which had 9,474 residents in 2024. New Town holds 28.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in New Town

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps New Town by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 58763. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where New Town is

The Census internal point of New Town is at 47.989100, -102.488300. Bismarck, the capital, is 113.5 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Watford City, ND (6,207 people), 38.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 275.6 miles away.

Daylight in New Town

At 47.99° N, New Town gets about 16 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near New Town

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Stanley, 22.8 miles away, with 2,214 people.