Cresson, Minnesota

Unincorporated community in Minnesota, United States
44°06′40″N 96°26′07″W / 44.11111°N 96.43528°W / 44.11111; -96.43528CountryUnited StatesStateMinnesotaCountyPipestoneElevation
1,673 ft (510 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code507GNIS feature ID654655[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]

References

  1. ^ a b "Cresson". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ HomeTownLocator Data on Cresson, Minnesota
  3. ^ National Park Service: Pipestone National Monument

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  • GNIS Map of Cresson, Minnesota
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