Cresco
Cresco is a city in Howard County, Iowa, United States. The population was 3,888 at the 2020 census, down from 3,905 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Howard County.
- Type: Town with 3,890 residents
- Description: city in Iowa, US
- Also known as: “Cresco, IA”, “Cresco, Iowa”, “Cресcо”, and “Ellen Church Field”
- Postal code: 52136
Places of Interest
Highlights: Cresco Opera House and Crestwood High School.
Cresco
- Categories: city in the United States, county seat, and locality
- Location: Vernon Springs Township, Howard, Iowa, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.37362° or 43° 22′ 25″ north
Longitude
-92.11614° or 92° 6′ 58″ west
Population
3,890
Elevation
1,293 feet (394 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US CFK
Open location code
86M99VFM+CG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Cresco” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كريسكو”
- Basque: “Cresco”
- Belarusian: “Крэска”
- Catalan: “Cresco”
- Cebuano: “Cresco”
- Chechen: “Креско”
- Chinese: “克雷斯科”
- Danish: “Cresco”
- Dutch: “Cresco”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كريسكو”
- French: “Cresco”
- German: “Cresco”
- Gilaki: “کرسکو (آیؤوا)”
- Gilaki: “کرسکو”
- Greek: “Κρέσκο”
- Haitian: “Cresco, Iowa”
- Haitian: “Cresco”
- Hebrew: “קרסקו”
- Hungarian: “Cresco”
- Ido: “Cresco, Iowa”
- Ido: “Cresco”
- Irish: “Cresco”
- Italian: “Cresco”
- Japanese: “クレスコ”
- Kazakh: “Krésko”
- Kazakh: “Крэско”
- Kazakh: “كرەسكو”
- Kirghiz: “Крэско”
- Ladin: “Cresco”
- Luxembourgish: “Cresco”
- Malagasy: “Cresco, Iowa”
- Malagasy: “Cresco”
- Malayalam: “ക്രെസ്കോ”
- Mazanderani: “کرسکو (آیووا)”
- Mazanderani: “کرسکو”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Cresco”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cresco”
- Norwegian: “Cresco”
- Persian: “کرسکو، آیووا”
- Persian: “کرسکو”
- Polish: “Cresco”
- Portuguese: “Cresco”
- Russian: “Креско”
- Russian: “Крэско”
- Serbian: “Cresco”
- Serbian: “Креско”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Cresco, Iowa”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Cresco”
- Slovenian: “Cresco”
- South Azerbaijani: “کرسکو، آیووا”
- Spanish: “Cresco”
- Swedish: “Cresco”
- Tatar: “Креско”
- Turkish: “Cresco, Iowa”
- Turkish: “Cresco”
- Ukrainian: “Креско”
- Urdu: “کریسکو، آئیووا”
- Urdu: “کریسکو”
- Uzbek: “Cresco”
- Vietnamese: “Cresco, Iowa”
- Vietnamese: “Cresco”
- Volapük: “Cresco”
- Waray (Philippines): “Cresco, Iowa”
- Waray (Philippines): “Cresco”
- Welsh: “Cresco, Iowa”
- Welsh: “Cresco”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Vernon Springs and Bonair.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Howard County Courthouse and Howard County Law Library.
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Worth a closer look: Des Moines and Cedar Rapids.
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