Portal, North Dakota

Portal
Building in Portal
Building in Portal
Location of Portal, North Dakota
Location of Portal, North Dakota
Coordinates: 48°59′41″N 102°32′52″W / 48.99472°N 102.54778°W / 48.99472; -102.54778
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Dakota
CountyBurke
Founded1893
Area
 • Total0.68 sq mi (1.75 km2)
 • Land0.67 sq mi (1.73 km2)
 • Water0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2)
Elevation1,955 ft (596 m)
Population
 • Total125
 • Estimate 
(2022)[4]
120
 • Density187.13/sq mi (72.24/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
58772
Area code701
FIPS code38-63740
GNIS feature ID1036226[2]

Portal is a city in Burke County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 125 at the 2020 census.[3] Portal was founded in 1893.

Portal sits along the Canada–United States border and is a major port of entry border crossing for road (connecting US Route 52 and Saskatchewan Highway 39) and rail traffic. North Portal, Saskatchewan is just over the border north of Portal. It is one of three year-round, 24-hour ports in North Dakota (the others being Dunseith and Pembina).

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Portal, North Dakota
  3. ^ a b "Explore Census Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusEst2022 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).