Cresbard, South Dakota

About Cresbard

Cresbard is a tiny community in northern South Dakota, home to 101 residents as of the latest Census estimates.

Cresbard holds the status of an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 0.41 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 246 residents per square mile.

📰 Cresbard News Today

• Preserving the story of the Cresbard Comets KELOLAND.com · Apr 6
• Paul Alan Holt Obituary Nov 2, 2025 Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home · Nov 2
• State Of South Dakota - Notice Of Creditors Donald Tuscherer Aberdeen Insider · Feb 12
• Teen bladesmith balances firefighting dreams, forging steel dakotanewsnow.com · Oct 21
• Robert Junior Roth Obituary Mar 16, 2019 Kinkade Funeral Chapel · Dec 13

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What Makes Cresbard Unique

• The only place in America named Cresbard — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Positioned in northern South Dakota, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of South Dakota — one of 485 recognized communities statewide.

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 12 miles.

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