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Cresson, Minnesota is located in Minnesota
Cresson, Minnesota
Cresson, Minnesota
Location in Minnesota
Cresson, Minnesota is located in the United States
Cresson, Minnesota
Cresson, Minnesota
Location in the United States
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

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.

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.

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