Stanley, North Dakota

Stanley population, 2020 to 2024

Stanley lost 152 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -6.4%. In the latest year it moved by -1.

Stanley covers 4.51 square miles of land and 0.20 of water, for 491 people per square mile of land. The median North Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,621, so Stanley is less dense than the typical town.

What county Stanley is in

All of Stanley's residents live in Mountrail County, which had 9,474 residents in 2024. Stanley holds 23.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Stanley

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Stanley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 58784. 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 Stanley is

The Census internal point of Stanley is at 48.313800, -102.397300. Bismarck, the capital, is 127.7 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is New Town, ND (2,735 people), 22.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 278.1 miles away.

Daylight in Stanley

At 48.31° N, Stanley gets about 16 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Stanley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is New Town, 22.8 miles away, with 2,735 people.