{"id":3319,"date":"2023-05-04T17:36:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T17:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=3319"},"modified":"2026-08-21T08:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T08:37:14","slug":"dickinson-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/dickinson-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Dickinson County, Iowa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dickinson County is a county in Iowa, United States, home to the Iowa Great Lakes region in the far northwest corner of the state. It had a population of 17,703 at the 2020 census and covers 404 square miles (1,050 km2), of which 381 square miles (990 km2) is land and 23 square miles (60 km2) is water, centred near 43\u00b022\u203233\u2033N 95\u00b008\u203259\u2033W.<\/p>\n

Spirit Lake is the county seat, and its postal code is 51360. The county has ten incorporated cities, one unincorporated community, and twelve civil townships. It sits in the Central time zone.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Dickinson County<\/h2>\n

Dickinson County has ten incorporated cities and one unincorporated community, most clustered around the Iowa Great Lakes chain. The table below marks the county seat as City · seat<\/strong>, other incorporated cities as City<\/strong>, and Montgomery as Unincorp.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nTownship<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Spirit Lake<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\nSpirit Lake<\/td>\n5,439<\/td>\n51360<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Milford<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nMilford<\/td>\n3,321<\/td>\n51351<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lake Park<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nLakeville<\/td>\n1,167<\/td>\n51347<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arnolds Park<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nOkoboji<\/td>\n1,110<\/td>\n51331<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Okoboji<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nOkoboji<\/td>\n768<\/td>\n51355<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Orleans<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nSpirit Lake<\/td>\n521<\/td>\n51360<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wahpeton<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nMilford<\/td>\n345<\/td>\n51351<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Terril<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nExcelsior<\/td>\n334<\/td>\n51364<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
West Okoboji<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nOkoboji<\/td>\n308<\/td>\n51355<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Superior<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nSuperior<\/td>\n132<\/td>\n51363<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Montgomery<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nDiamond Lake<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Several resort communities and lake developments named in older listings — among them Beaches Resort, Crescent Beach Resort, Crows Nest Resort, Manhattan Beach Resort, Sand Bar Beach Resort and Trailer Court, Triboji Beach, and Village East Resort — are platted lakeshore subdivisions rather than separately incorporated places; they are not carried in the table above because Dickinson County does not report independent population or ZIP data for them. Old Town is a historic name for part of present-day Spirit Lake, and “Hagerty” and “Egralharve” could not be verified against any current gazetteer and have been dropped.<\/p>\n

Townships<\/h2>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Township<\/th>\nPop. (2020)<\/th>\nMain settlements<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Spirit Lake<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nSpirit Lake, Orleans<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Milford<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nMilford, Wahpeton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Okoboji<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nArnolds Park, Okoboji, West Okoboji<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lakeville<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nLake Park<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Excelsior<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nTerril<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Superior<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nSuperior<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Diamond Lake<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nMontgomery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Center Grove<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nrural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lloyd<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nrural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Richland<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nrural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Silver Lake<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nrural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Westport<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nrural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Township-level 2020 population figures are not separately published for Dickinson County, so those cells are left blank rather than estimated.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n