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The term "forks" refers to the forking of the Red River with the Red Lake River near downtown Grand Forks. [11] According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has an area of 29.318 square miles (75.93 km 2 ), of which 29.120 square miles (75.42 km 2 ) is land and 0.198 square miles (0.51 km 2 ) is water. [ 3 ]
Third Street looking north Third Street looking south. Grand Forks was first settled in 1870. In 1872, seven pioneers staked claims to land on the Red River. [3] The 9-acre (36,000 m 2) piece of land that would become downtown Grand Forks was first platted by Grand Forks' "founding father", Alexander Griggs, and his wife Etta, in 1875.
Grand Forks: Walle Township: 130.043: 209.284: 130: ND 15 west – Thompson CR 81A east: Grand Forks: 138.146: 222.324: 138: US 81 Bus. north (32nd Avenue South) Southern terminus of US 81 Bus.; also access to Alerus Center: 140.195: 225.622: 140: ND 297 east (DeMers Avenue) – Downtown: Western terminus of ND 297; also access to University of ...
Dayton Hudson experienced fierce competition for a new mall in the city of Grand Forks in 1975. [1] While their proposal was to build a mall at the intersection of 32nd Avenue South and Columbia Road, Inland Construction of Edina, Minnesota wanted to build a mall at 32nd Avenue South and Washington Street (one mile east of the Dayton Hudson site), which was quickly dismissed, while a group of ...
Location: Roughly bounded by ND 697, Red River, 13th Ave. and Cottonwood St., 1216 Belmont Rd., Grand Forks, North Dakota Coordinates: Area: 182 acres (74 ha) Built ...
Dakota Student (published twice a week by students of the University of North Dakota during the school year and distributed for free); Red River Valley Women Today (published monthly by the Grand Forks Herald and available for free at area businesses and online) [1]
The Grand Forks Riverside Neighborhood Historic District is a 112-acre (45 ha) historic district in Grand Forks, North Dakota that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. According to The Herald , citing Peg O'Leary, coordinator of the Grand Forks Historic Preservation Commission :