Lankin, North Dakota

About Lankin

Lankin, ND is a tiny community located in northeastern North Dakota with an estimated population of 103.

Lankin holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.29 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 355 residents per square mile.

📰 Lankin News Today

• Beulah M Borgeson Obituary Mar 31, 2026 Amundson Funeral and Cremation Service · Mar 31
• Lankin, ND Weather Forecast AccuWeather · Jul 19
• Georgia Ann Udby Obituary Dec 18, 2024 Tollefson Funeral Home · Dec 18
• Farther afield: Foreign ag workers fill empty positions in rural North Dakota Grand Forks Herald · Aug 5
• ND man survives after being trapped in grain bin Valley News Live · Dec 10

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What Makes Lankin Unique

• The only place in America named Lankin — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.29 sq mi.
• One of the northernmost communities in the lower 48 states.
• Positioned in northeastern North Dakota, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

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 10 miles.

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