Des Lacs, ND

Des Lacs is a city in Ward County, North Dakota, United States. The 2020 census counted 185 residents. Des Lacs is part of the Minot Metropolitan Statistical Area. Des Lacs shares its school system with Burlington. Students in grades kindergarten through six attend school in Burlington, where the elementary school is located, while those in grades seven through twelve attend in Des Lacs at Des Lacs-Burlington High School. A newcomer can read Des Lacs through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Des Lacs comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines.