Williston

Williston is a city on the Missouri River, near the northwestern corner of , that is now experiencing explosive growth due to an oil boom. It is about 230 miles northwest of - the state capital - by car.
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  • Type: City with 30,000 residents
  • Description: city in and seat of Williams County, North Dakota, United States of America
  • Also known as: Little Muddy”, “Williston, ND”, and “Williston, North Dakota
  • Postal codes: 58801 and 58802

Places of Interest

Highlights include Williston station.

Railway station
is a train station in Williston, North Dakota, served by Amtrak's Empire Builder line. The brick station was built in 1910 by the Great Northern Railway and is located at the southern end of Williston's downtown.

Williston

Latitude
48.1465° or 48° 8′ 48″ north
Longitude
-103.6218° or 103° 37′ 19″ west
Population
30,000
Elevation
1,877 feet (572 metres)
IATA airport code
ISN
Open location code
85WR49WH+J7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151816328
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
5692947
Wiki­data ID
Q1999172
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Williston” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: ويليستون
  • Asturian: Williston
  • Basque: Williston
  • Bengali: উইলিস্টোন
  • Catalan: Williston
  • Cebuano: Williston
  • Chechen: Виллистон
  • Chinese: Williston, North Dakota
  • Chinese: Williston
  • Chinese: 威利斯頓
  • Chinese: 威利斯顿
  • Czech: Williston
  • Dagbani: Williston
  • Danish: Williston
  • Dutch: Williston
  • Egyptian Arabic: ويليستون
  • Finnish: Williston
  • French: Williston
  • German: Williston
  • Gilaki: ویلیستن (کلسيايي داکؤتا)
  • Gilaki: ویلیستن
  • Greek: Γουίλιστον
  • Gujarati: વિલિસ્ટન
  • Haitian: Williston, Dakota dinò
  • Haitian: Williston
  • Hebrew: ויליסטון
  • Hindi: विलिसन
  • Hungarian: Williston
  • Indonesian: Williston
  • Irish: Williston
  • Italian: Williston
  • Japanese: ウィリストン
  • Kannada: ವಿಲ್ಲಿಸ್ಟನ್
  • Korean: 윌리스턴
  • Korean: 윌스턴
  • Ladin: Williston
  • Latvian: Vilistona
  • Lithuanian: Vilistonas
  • Malagasy: Williston, North Dakota
  • Malagasy: Williston
  • Malay: Williston
  • Marathi: विलिस्टन
  • Min Nan Chinese: Williston
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Williston
  • Norwegian: Williston
  • Persian: ویلستون، داکوتای شمالی
  • Persian: ویلستون
  • Piemontese: Williston, Dakota dël Nòrd
  • Piemontese: Williston
  • Polish: Williston
  • Portuguese: Williston
  • Russian: Уиллистон
  • Serbian: Вилистон
  • Serbo-Croatian: Williston, North Dakota
  • Serbo-Croatian: Williston
  • Sinhala: විලිස්ටන්
  • Slovak: Williston
  • Slovenian: Williston
  • South Azerbaijani: ویلستون، قوزئی داکوتا
  • Spanish: Williston, Dakota del Norte
  • Spanish: Williston
  • Swedish: Williston, North Dakota
  • Swedish: Williston
  • Tamil: வில்லிஸ்ட்டன்
  • Tatar: Виллистон (Төньяк Дакота)
  • Tatar: Виллистон
  • Telugu: విల్లిస్టన్
  • Thai: วิลลิสตัน
  • Turkish: Williston, Kuzey Dakota
  • Turkish: Williston
  • Ukrainian: Віллістон
  • Urdu: ویلسٹن، شمالی ڈکوٹا
  • Urdu: ویلسٹن
  • Uzbek: Williston, North Dakota
  • Uzbek: Williston, Shimoliy Dakota
  • Uzbek: Williston
  • Uzbek: Wиллистон
  • Vietnamese: Williston
  • Volapük: Williston, North Dakota
  • Volapük: Williston
  • Waray (Philippines): Williston, North Dakota
  • Waray (Philippines): Williston
  • Welsh: Williston, Gogledd Dakota
  • Welsh: Williston

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Williston”. Photo: Andrew Filer, CC BY-SA 2.0.