Ambrose, ND

united states

Ambrose is a tiny farming town of 33 people in northwestern North Dakota, 15 miles from Canada. Highway 85 runs north-south through town, connecting Williston (45 miles south) to the border crossing at Fortuna. Most traffic is local farmers and oil workers traveling between the Bakken fields and Canada. The town was named after Saint Ambrose, honoring the Catholic faith of its early agricultural settlers.