Save town Compare Needs More Love
Town guide

Great Bend

A city of 49 people in North Dakota
T Under 10 neighborsJoin Great Bend →
1

Now in Great Bend

What’s happening this week

All posts →
This week+ What’s happening in Great Bend?
From your neighbors

What’s happening

Be the first to post in Great Bend — introduce yourself, ask a question, or share what’s happening.

Weather

Forecast →
Coming up

Upcoming events

Nothing on the calendar yet

Put the next local happening — a market, a meeting, a concert — on the map.

Add an event →
Around town

Local news

All news →

Loading local headlines…

Headlines via Google News · Articles belong to their publishers.

2

Around town

The places and views that make it Great Bend

Explore places →
3

Know Great Bend

The town at a glance, and the guide to how things work

Open the full guide →

About Great Bend

City in North Dakota, United States
1888Established
49Population
0.6 sq miArea
974 ftElevation

Great Bend is a city in Richland County, North Dakota, United States, on the banks of the Wild Rice River. Its population was 49 at the 2020 census. It was founded in 1888, and incorporated as a village in 1908. It is part of the Wahpeton, ND–MN Micropolitan Statistical Area.

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

Town numbers

Area code701
Living in Great Bend

Health in Great Bend

Compared with North Dakota

8worse than ND

of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 24 are too close to call.

BetterToo close to callWorse

What stands out

Care nearby

St. Francis Medical CenterBreckenridge · 17.3 mi · ER · rural critical access
Churches United for the HomelessMoorhead · 49 mi · sliding-scale fees
Primary careNo shortage
DentalNo shortage
Mental healthNo shortage
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · ZIP code 58075 · CMS · HRSAHealth in Great Bend →

Natural hazards in Great Bend

44
Moderate

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 44% of U.S. communities.

🥶 Cold waves🌊 Inland flooding🧊 Hail
FEMA National Risk Index December 2025 · OpenFEMANatural hazards in Great Bend →

Climate in Great Bend

Full climate →

Great Bend has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 82°, a January night drops to 1°, and about 49 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.

23° / 5°Winter
54° / 32°Spring
80° / 58°Summer
56° / 35°Fall
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Climate in Great Bend →

Libraries near Great Bend

See all →
Nearest: Leach Public LibraryWahpeton · 12 miles · 45 hrs a week
Famous people from Great BendWriters, athletes, leaders and more who were born in Great Bend.Meet them →

Where Great Bend is

Explore map →
Locator map of Great Bend
Wikimedia Commons · Map: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:25or6to4 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Location map

How things work in Great Bend

All explainers →
The door’s open

Where to, neighbor?

You’re in Great Bend, NDView boundary

Nearby

All towns & citiesExplore the map
Loading boundary…

Great Bend is your selected town. The feed includes posts assigned to this town, not a distance radius or ZIP code.

Neighborhoods narrow the feed further, while townwide announcements, events, and issues remain visible.

Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/18 · 2025-01-01