Creston

Creston is a city in and the county seat of . The population was 7,536 at the time of the 2020 Census. Creston is a regional hub for southwest Iowa and is home to Southwestern Community College.
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  • Type: Town with 7,540 residents
  • Description: city in Iowa, United States
  • Also known as: Creston, IA” and “Creston, Iowa
  • Postal code: 50801

Places of Interest

Highlights include United States Post Office and Creston station.

The former is a historic building located in Creston, Iowa, United States. Built in 1901, the building housed the post office on the main floor and a federal courtroom on the second floor.

Railway station
is an Amtrak intercity train station in Creston, Iowa. The station is served by the Chicago–San Francisco Bay Area California Zephyr. Constructed by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and opened in 1899, the station is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad-Creston Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cromwell.

Village
is a city in , United States. The population was 105 at the 2020 census. is situated 5 miles west of Creston.

Creston

Latitude
41.05859° or 41° 3′ 31″ north
Longitude
-94.3614° or 94° 21′ 41″ west
Population
7,540
Elevation
1,312 feet (400 metres)
IATA airport code
CSQ
Open location code
86H73J5Q+CC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151364921
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4853078
Wiki­data ID
Q745062
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Creston” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: كريستون
  • Armenian: Կրեսթոն
  • Armenian: Կրեստոն
  • Armenian: Քրեսթոն
  • Armenian: Քրեստոն
  • Basque: Creston
  • Bulgarian: Крестън
  • Catalan: Creston
  • Cebuano: Creston
  • Chechen: Крестон
  • Chinese: Creston
  • Chinese: 克里斯頓 (艾奧瓦州)
  • Chinese: 克里斯顿
  • Chinese: 克雷斯顿
  • Danish: Creston
  • Dutch: Creston
  • Egyptian Arabic: كريستون
  • French: Creston
  • German: Creston
  • Gilaki: کرستن (آیؤوا)
  • Gilaki: کرستن
  • Greek: Κρέστον
  • Haitian: Creston, Iowa
  • Haitian: Creston
  • Hebrew: קרסטון
  • Hungarian: Creston
  • Ido: Creston, Iowa
  • Ido: Creston
  • Indonesian: Creston, Iowa
  • Indonesian: Creston
  • Irish: Creston
  • Italian: Creston
  • Japanese: クレストン
  • Kazakh: Крэстон
  • Kirghiz: Крэстон
  • Korean: 크레스턴
  • Ladin: Creston
  • Malagasy: Creston, Iowa
  • Malagasy: Creston
  • Mazanderani: کرستون (آیووا)
  • Mazanderani: کرستون
  • Min Nan Chinese: Creston
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Creston
  • Norwegian: Creston
  • Persian: کرستون، آیووا
  • Persian: کرستون
  • Polish: Creston
  • Portuguese: Creston
  • Russian: Крестон
  • Serbian: Creston
  • Serbian: Крестон
  • Serbo-Croatian: Creston, Iowa
  • Serbo-Croatian: Creston
  • Silesian: Creston
  • Slovenian: Creston
  • South Azerbaijani: کرستون، آیووا
  • Spanish: Creston (Iowa)
  • Spanish: Creston
  • Swedish: Creston, Iowa
  • Swedish: Creston
  • Tatar: Крестон
  • Turkish: Creston, Iowa
  • Turkish: Creston
  • Ukrainian: Крестон
  • Urdu: کریسٹن، آئیووا
  • Urdu: کریسٹن
  • Uzbek: Creston
  • Uzbek: Kreston
  • Vietnamese: Creston, Iowa
  • Vietnamese: Creston
  • Volapük: Creston
  • Waray (Philippines): Creston, Iowa
  • Waray (Philippines): Creston
  • Welsh: Creston, Iowa
  • Welsh: Creston

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