Velva, North Dakota

Velva population, 2020 to 2024

Velva lost 42 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.8%. In the latest year it moved by -5.

Velva covers 0.96 square miles of land, for 1,098 people per square mile of land. The median North Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,621, so Velva is less dense than the typical town.

What county Velva is in

All of Velva's residents live in McHenry County, which had 5,135 residents in 2024. Velva holds 20.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Velva

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Velva by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 58790. 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 Velva is

The Census internal point of Velva is at 48.058200, -100.932900. Bismarck, the capital, is 85.8 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Surrey, ND (1,434 people), 15.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 208.7 miles away.

Daylight in Velva

At 48.06° N, Velva 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 42 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Velva

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Surrey, 15.6 miles away, with 1,434 people.