A town of 685, settled in 1883.
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Belfield has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 84°, a January night drops to 5°, and about 30 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Most working residents leave Belfield for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Dickinson (21%), South Heart (5%) and Bismarck (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 37% of U.S. communities.
The public schools Belfield’s kids attend trail 61% of North Dakota’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belfield Elementary School | PK–6 | 131 | C |
| Belfield High School | 7–12 | 122 | B |
The typical Belfield home is worth about $254,000, up 5% in a year, 13% below the North Dakota typical home.
Belfield beats the North Dakota average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| What stands out | Belfield | ND |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults seeing a dentist | 56.2% | 64.5% |
1.8 miles of trails across 1 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Frank Kordonowy Park | — | 1 |
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City in North Dakota, United States
Belfield is a city in Stark County, North Dakota, United States and only 15 minutes from Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The population was 996 at the 2020 census. Belfield was founded in 1883, and has seen many booms and busts in this oil-rich part of North Dakota. It is part of the Dickinson Micropolitan Statistical Area. In 1883 Belfield was struck by a tornado that swept away nine houses but did not cause any deaths. It was known as "The Remarkable Tornado of 1883." Exactly one year later the area was hit by another tornado, which destroyed crops and caused total losses at some farms near Belfield.
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