Golva is a city in Golden Valley County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 84 at the 2020 census. Golva was founded in 1915.

Golva is located in Lone Tree Township. The homesteaders that arrived in the area between 1900 and 1910 found and no-one else one tree in the area. That tree was standing roughly one mile (1.6 km) east of modern-day Golva till it died on the subject of 1980. According to the Homestead Act, the homesteaders got 160 acres (0.65 km) if they lived on the house for 7 years. In western North Dakota, they were also conclusive another 160 acres (0.65 km²) if they planted trees on the land, so there are now trees concerning most farmsteads in the area. The last lively homesteader from the Golva area, Mrs. George (Emma) Geary, died in 1978, still owning her homestead and the house on it, although she had left the homestead in 1958 after breaking her hip. The doctors told her, due to the seriousness of the break, she would be bedridden for the rest of her life. Being a legitimate pioneer, she responded “The hell I will”. She walked when one crutch and lived alone until snappishly before her death at 89. Her neighbor for higher than 40 years, Eva Weinreis, wrote an autobiography entitled A Note On the Tea Kettle about her vivaciousness and coming from Aberdeen, South Dakota in 1906 later her husband, Peter Weinreis, to homestead two miles (3 km) west of Burkey, North Dakota and two miles (3 km) south of modern-day Golva. The compilation told of the to the fore history of the Golva area.

Golva was founded in 1915, when the Northern Pacific Railroad heritage came beside from Beach, North Dakota. It was originally supposed to be the county seat of Golden Valley County and got the read out Golva from the first three letters of Golden and first two letters of Valley, the reveal having been suggested by the original townsite owner, A.L. Martin. The “Golden Valley” name comes from the rolling valleys of golden wheat just back harvest. Prior to 1915, most of the local businesses were in Burkey, situated practically four miles (6 km) southwest of Golva. St Mary’s Catholic Church was built in Burkey in 1906, but moved to Golva shortly after it was founded. The Golva name office was time-honored February 15, 1916. Other businesses moved from Burkey to Golva and Burkey literally disappeared within a couple of years.

Golva in the publicize of had a business community which consisted of a hardware store, a grocery store, a car dealership, a lumberyard, two grain elevators, two bars, a few restaurants, and several extra businesses. As of 2017, the businesses in the city were a lumberyard, a gas station, a grocery store, a bank and a grain elevator. Services consisted of the publish office, and the St. Mary’s Catholic church.