Great Bend, North Dakota

About Great Bend

Set in the southeastern part of North Dakota, Great Bend is a tiny community counting 55 people who proudly call it home.

Great Bend holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.56 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 98 residents per square mile.

📰 Great Bend News Today

• Great Bend, ND Weather Forecast – Hourly & 15-Day SpaceRef · Aug 31
• Donald Prochnow Obituary Aug 15, 2026 - Vertin-Munson Funeral Home & Cremation Service Vertin-Munson Funeral Home & Cremation Service · Aug 15
• Great Bend park receives $1,000 grant for improvements Wahpeton Daily News · Sep 3
• Marcella "Marcy" Lees Obituary Jun 17, 2026 Frank Family Funeral Home · Jun 17
• Spring Wheat Planting Slowed by Cold Soil and Wet Fields DTN Progressive Farmer · May 5

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What Makes Great Bend Unique

• With 55 residents, it's one of America's smallest incorporated communities — everybody really does know everybody.
• Positioned in southeastern North Dakota, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of North Dakota — one of 406 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 9 miles.

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