Ukraina

Ghost town · Billings County, North Dakota

Fairfield SE quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1963, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Ukraina is a ghost town in Billings County, North Dakota. It is the only former community in Billings County recorded on the federal names register, out of 45 across North Dakota.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Ukraina as a historical populated place: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 47.0531° N, 103.1094° W.

Key facts

Elevation	2,567 ft
Nearest living town	Belfield, ND
Distance to it	12.2 miles
Coordinates	47.05306, -103.10944

Open the location on a map

Then and now

Drag the slider: the old USGS map on the left, the same ground from the air today on the right. Both cover the same 1.9-mile square centred on the recorded location.

Left: Fairfield SE quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1963, 1:24,000), U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection. Right: The same ground today: NAIP aerial imagery, USDA Farm Service Agency, National Agriculture Imagery Program (via USGS). Both public domain.

What's there now

Ukraina is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Belfield, ND (population 618), about 12.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 2,567 feet above sea level. The aerial view above shows what covers the ground today. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Sources and licences

Wikidata — Wikidata item (CC0)
Wikidata — Wikipedia article (linked as a source; text not used) (CC0)
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)

Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-06.