Pekin, North Dakota

About Pekin

Pekin is a tiny community in eastern North Dakota, home to 75 residents as of the latest Census estimates.

Pekin holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.25 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 300 residents per square mile.

📰 Pekin News Today

• Pekin, North Dakota, man to serve 13 years for having repeated sexual contact with a minor Grand Forks Herald · Apr 22
• Woman seriously injured in Highway 1 rollover crash near Pekin Valley News Live · Apr 25
• Calling All Candidates! John Kelly is running for ND Senate, Nathan Kraft for School Board Devil's Lake Daily Journal · May 28
• Your regional guide to America’s 250th anniversary celebrations Detroit Lakes Tribune · Jun 24
• Pekin, North Dakota, man pleads guilty to four sex crimes Grand Forks Herald · Dec 23

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What Makes Pekin Unique

• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.25 sq mi.
• With 75 residents, it's one of America's smallest incorporated communities — everybody really does know everybody.
• Positioned in eastern North Dakota, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 17 miles.

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