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Fridley is a city in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States. Its population was 29,590 at the 2020 census. [3] It was first settled as a place named Manomin where Rice Creek flows into the Mississippi river and the Red River Oxcart trail crosses the creek. Fridley was incorporated in 1949 as a village, and became a city in 1957.
The FMC Corporation (Fridley Plant) is a United States Environmental Protection Agency Superfund site of 18 acres (7.3 ha) in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States, several hundred feet east of the Mississippi River. Solvents, paint sludge, and plating wastes were generated and disposed of in an on-site dump from the 1940s until 1969.
Anoka County (/ ə ˈ n oʊ k ə / ə-NOH-kə) [2] is the fourth-most populous county in the U.S. state of Minnesota.As of the 2020 census, its population was 363,887. [3] The county seat and namesake of the county is the city of Anoka, [4] which is derived from the Dakota word anoka meaning "on (or from) both sides", referring to its location on both banks of the Rum River.
This govtrack.us map is a useful representation of the 5th CD's borders, based on Google Maps. Minnesota's 5th congressional district is a geographically small urban and suburban congressional district in Minnesota. It covers eastern Hennepin County, including the entire city of Minneapolis, along with parts of Anoka and Ramsey counties.
Anoka (/ ə ˈ n oʊ k ə / ə-NOH-kə) [6] is a city in and the county seat of Anoka County, Minnesota, United States. Its population was 17,142 at the 2010 census. [7] Anoka is the "Halloween Capital of the World" because it hosted one of the first Halloween parades in 1920. [1] It continues to celebrate the holiday each year with several ...
The Banfill Tavern, also known as the Locke House, is a historic building in Fridley, Minnesota, United States. It was built in 1847 on the east bank of the Mississippi River and has served variously as an inn, a logging camp office, a private home, a dairy farm, a post office, and a summer home. [2] It is now owned by Anoka County and, until ...
Springbrook Nature Center. Coordinates: 45.12377°N 93.27458°W. Springbrook Nature Center is a 127-acre (0.51 km 2) park and nature reserve located in Fridley, Minnesota. Springbrook features an interpretive building, over three miles (5 km) of hiking trails through wooded and wetland areas, and various public shelters.
Mississippi River, Fridley, Minnesota. • elevation. 806 ft (246 m) Length. 28 mi (45 km) Basin size. 201 sq mi (520 km 2) Rice Creek is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the northern suburbs of the Minneapolis–St. Paul metropolitan area of Minnesota in the United States. It is approximately 28 miles (45 km) long [1] and drains a ...