Jud, North Dakota

About Jud

Jud is a tiny community in southern North Dakota counting 65 people who proudly call it home.

Jud holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.24 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 271 residents per square mile.

📰 Jud News Today

• Francis "Jim" Huber Obituary Feb 14, 2026 - Eddy Funeral Home | Williams-Lisko Funeral Home Eddy Funeral Home · Feb 14
• Jamestown Rural Fire Department extinguishes grass fire near Jud, ND Jamestown Sun · May 13
• Jud, North Dakota Is An Incredibly Unique and Artsy Small Town onlyinyourstate.com · Sep 24
• Downing Urges DOW to Continue Wounded Warrior Service Dog Program Representative Troy Downing | (.gov) · Dec 23
• Service Dogs for America seeks opportunity for new federal funding - KFYR-TV KFYR-TV · Feb 25

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Jud Unique

• The only place in America named Jud — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.24 sq mi.
• With 65 residents, it's one of America's smallest incorporated communities — everybody really does know everybody.
• Positioned in southern 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 16 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Jud

• Bone Hill Creek National Wildlife Refuge · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Jud

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