Glendale Colony, SD

Glendale Colony is a small Hutterite settlement located along the James River in rural Spink County, South Dakota. Home to fewer than two hundred residents, it is a traditional communal farming community where families live, work, and share resources together. Daily life centers on cooperative agriculture, livestock, and light manufacturing, supported by an on-site school that teaches local children from kindergarten through eighth grade. Set amid the open prairies of the James River Valley, Glendale is rooted in a quiet, self-sufficient lifestyle built around shared labor and deep community ties.