**EXHIBIT 21.1**

**COMMUNITY FIRST BANKSHARES, INC.SUBSIDIARIES**

 

| **Subsidiary Bank:******                       |   | **Location******                   |                                                               | **Ownership  Percentage******                   |
|------------------------------------------------|--------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|                                           |   |                               |                                                               |                                            |
| Community First National Bank                  |   | Fargo, ND                          |                                                               | 100.00%                                         |
|                                           |   |                               |                                                               |                                            |
|                                           |   |                               |                                                               |                                            |
| **Nonbank Subsidiaries:**                      |   |                               |                                                               |                                            |
|                                           |   |                               |                                                               |                                            |
| Community First Financial, Inc.                |   | Fargo, ND                          |                                                               | 100.00%                                         |
| Community First Service Corporation            |   | Fargo, ND                          |                                                               | 100.00%                                         |
| Community First Properties, Inc.               |   | Fargo, ND                          |             | 100.00%                                         |
| CFB Capital I                                  |   | Fargo, ND                          |                                                               | 100.00%                                         |
| CFB Capital II                                 |   | Fargo, ND                          |                                                               | 100.00%                                         |
|                                           |   |                               |                                                               |                                            |
|                                           |   |                               |                                                               |                                            |
| **Subsidiaries of Subsidiaries (100% Owned):** |   |                               |
|                                           |   |                               |                                                               |                                            |
| Community First Insurance, Inc.                |   | Fargo, ND                          |                                                               | (Subsidiary of Community First National  Bank)  |
| CFIN, Inc.                                     |   | Las Vegas, NV                      |                                                               | (Subsidiary of Community First National  Bank)  |
| Equity Lending, Inc.                           |   | Fargo, ND                          |                                                               | (Subsidiary of Community First National  Bank)  |
| Mountain Parks Financial Services,  Inc.       |   | Denver, CO                         |                                                               | (Subsidiary of Community First National  Bank)  |
| Community First Holdings, Inc.                 |   | Georgetown, British Cayman Islands |                                                               | (Subsidiary of Community First National  Bank)  |
| CFIRE, Inc.                                    |   | Fargo, ND                          |                                                               | (Subsidiary of Community First Holdings,  Inc.) |
| CFB Community Development Corporation          |   | Fargo, ND                          |                                                               | (Subsidiary of Community First National  Bank)  |