Cresson, Minnesota
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Coordinates: 44°06′40″N 96°26′07″W / 44.11111°N 96.43528°WCoordinates: 44°06′40″N 96°26′07″W / 44.11111°N 96.43528°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Minnesota |
County | Pipestone |
Elevation | 1,673 ft (510 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code(s) | 507 |
GNIS feature ID | 654655[1] |
Cresson is an unincorporated community located in Pipestone County, Minnesota, United States. The elevation is 1,673 feet. Cresson appears on the Elkton SW U.S. Geological Survey Map.[2][1]
Close to the adjacent states of South Dakota to the west and Iowa to the south, Cresson lies in rural southwest Minnesota near the Pipestone National Monument, a National Park Service property established in 1937. The monument's 301 acres protect tallgrass prairie and quarries of red pipestone, or catlinite, traditionally used by Native Americans to make pipes.[3]
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- Unincorporated communities in Pipestone County, Minnesota
- Unincorporated communities in Minnesota
- Minnesota geography stubs