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Ambrose, North Dakota 5-21-2008

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A town of 33, settled in 1906.

Population
33
residents
Median home value
$61K
Census ACS
Household income
$116K
median
Median age
63.3
years
Land area
1 sq mi
Small town

33 people, and everyone knows the way

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H 58° · L 37°

Upcoming events

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Natural hazards

Very low risk, with cold waves at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 0% of U.S. communities.

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Climate

Four seasons, pleasant summers

Ambrose has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 80°, a January night drops to 0°, and about 38 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.

38″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter2–21°
Spring28–51°
Summer52–78°
Fall30–52°
Sep 23
typical first frost
May 17
typical last frost
+1.6°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Health

How healthy Ambrose is

Ambrose beats the North Dakota average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8.

32 measures vs. North Dakota
2 better22 too close to call8 worse
What stands outAmbroseND
More adults screened for colon cancer70.4%64.9%
More adults treating high blood pressure81.6%76.3%
More adults with heart disease8.6%6.1%
St. Luke's Hospital
9 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →
Outdoors

0% of Ambrose is conserved land

1.2 miles of trails across 0 parks and preserves.

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Map of Ambrose: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk
Green: conserved land · dashed: trails · numbers: the places below
0%
conserved · 0 of 641 acres
1.2 mi
of trails · 1.2 per sq mi
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County Division Convention - Ambrose, N.D., March 18th, 1910
1910 · County Division Convention - Ambrose, N.D., March 18th, 1910 · Library of Congress
Ambrose’s story

120 years in pictures

10 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives.

Ambrose ND border station 1932Abandoned house near Ambrose, North DakotaAbandoned house near Ambrose, North Dakota
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About Ambrose

City in North Dakota, United States

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Ambrose is a city in Divide County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 24 as of the 2020 census, and was estimated at 16 in 2025.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Established
1906
Population
24
Area
1.1 sq mi
Elevation
2,070 ft
ZIP code
58833
Area code
701

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Ambrose, ND · Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source ↗