Velva is a city in McHenry County, North Dakota, United States.

Part of the Minot Micropolitan Statistical Area, it was founded in 1897 and the population was 1,086 at the 2020 census.

[3] Southeast of Minot, Velva is at the southernmost point of the Souris River.

Velva was settled in 1886 with the arrival of the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste.

Marie Railroad (Soo Line) into the area, and was chartered as a city in 1905.

[5] The Hotel Berry was built in 1906 to serve railroad passengers and is now on the National Register of Historic Places.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.83 square miles (2.15 km2), all land.