Brinsmade, North Dakota

About Brinsmade

Set in the northern part of North Dakota, Brinsmade is a tiny community, home to 27 residents as of the latest Census estimates.

Brinsmade holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.27 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 100 residents per square mile.

📰 Brinsmade News Today

• Gordon H Shambach Obituary Dec 5, 2007 Thomas Family Funeral Home · Mar 19
• Bonnie R. (Friesen) Herman Obituary Oct 15, 2025 Gilbertson Funeral Home · Oct 15
• Devils Lake company brings vandalized cemetery back to life for free InForum · Aug 8
• Reuben E Liechty Eddy Funeral Home · Nov 30
• Vernon R. Gerig Jr. Obituary Oct 2, 2006 Korsmo Funeral Service · Oct 2

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What Makes Brinsmade Unique

• The only place in America named Brinsmade — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.27 sq mi.
• With 27 residents, it's one of America's smallest incorporated communities — everybody really does know everybody.
• One of the northernmost communities in the lower 48 states.
• Positioned in northern North Dakota, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 9 miles.

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