Editing Cresco, Iowa (section)

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2011}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Cresco, Iowa
| settlement_type    = City
| motto              = "Iowa's Year Round Play Ground"<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.crescochamber.com/|title= Cresco Iowa Chamber of Commerce|publisher= Cresco Iowa Chamber of Commerce|access-date= September 25, 2012}}</ref>

<!-- Images -->| image_skyline      = HowardCountyCourthouseCrescoIowa.jpg
| image_caption      = Howard County Courthouse in Cresco
| image_seal         = <!-- Maps -->
| image_map          = Howard County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Cresco Highlighted.svg
| mapsize            = 250px
| map_caption        = Location of Cresco, Iowa
| pushpin_map        = Iowa#USA
| pushpin_label      = Cresco
| pushpin_label_position = <!-- Location -->
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = {{USA}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = {{flag|Iowa}}
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Iowa|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Howard County, Iowa|Howard]]
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Alex Fortune
| established_title  = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date   = June 6, 1868<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.city-data.com/city/Cresco-Iowa.html|title= Cresco-Iowa|publisher=City-Data|access-date=March 22, 2011}}</ref>
<!-- Area -->| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_19.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 16, 2022}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 8.65
| area_land_km2      = 8.65
| area_water_km2     = 0.00
| area_total_sq_mi   = 3.34
| area_land_sq_mi    = 3.34
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.00

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_total   = 3888
| population_density_km2 = 449.49
| population_density_sq_mi = 1164.07
| timezone           = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
| utc_offset         = -6
| timezone_DST       = CDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -5
| elevation_m        = 394
| elevation_ft       = 1293
| coordinates        = {{coord|43|22|28|N|92|6|54|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code]]
| postal_code        = 52136
| area_code          = [[Area code 563|563]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 19-17220
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 0455712
| website            = {{URL|http://www.cityofcresco.com/}}
}}
'''Cresco''' is a city in [[Howard County, Iowa]], United States. The population was 3,888 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], down from 3,905 at the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]].<ref name=cen2020>{{cite web |title=2020 Census State Redistricting Data |url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/01-Redistricting_File--PL_94-171/Iowa/ |website=census.gov |publisher=United states Census Bureau |access-date=August 12, 2021}}</ref> It is the [[county seat]] of [[Howard County, Iowa|Howard County]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 |df=mdy }}</ref><ref name="Profile for Cresco, Iowa, IA">{{cite web|url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=7258|title= Profile for Cresco, Iowa, IA|publisher= ePodunk|access-date= September 25, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160829171119/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=7258|archive-date= August 29, 2016|url-status= dead}}</ref>