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1036064 [4] Highways. I-29, US 2, US 81, ND 297. Website. grandforksgov.com. Grand Forks is a city in and the county seat of Grand Forks County, North Dakota, United States. The city's population was 59,166 as of the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous city in the state, after Fargo and Bismarck. [5]
Congressional district. At-large. Website. www.gfcounty.nd.gov. Grand Forks County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, its population was 73,170, [ 1 ] making it the third most populous county in North Dakota. Its county seat and largest community is Grand Forks.
In 1879, George Winship started The Herald. The twin cities of Grand Forks and East Grand Forks were first physically connected when, in 1879, Alexander Griggs built a pontoon toll bridge at the present day site of the Sorlie Bridge at DeMers Avenue. The city of Grand Forks was officially incorporated on February 22, 1881.
Downtown Grand Forks. Downtown Grand Forks is the original commercial center of Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States. Located on the western bank of the Red River of the North, the downtown neighborhood is situated near the fork of the Red River and the Red Lake River. While downtown is no longer the dominant commercial area of the Greater ...
Grand Forks is a city in the Boundary Country of the West Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Granby and Kettle Rivers, the latter being a tributary of the Columbia River. The city is just north of the Canada–United States border, approximately 500 km (310 mi) from Vancouver and 200 km (120 mi ...
The Sorlie bridge carries DeMers Avenue between Grand Forks and East Grand Forks. " Greater Grand Forks " (officially the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area) is the name used by some people to designate the twin cities of Grand Forks, North Dakota and East Grand Forks, Minnesota, together with their surrounding areas.
Grand Forks converts to City Commission style of government. 1920–1926. Henry O'Keefe Jr. (President of City Commissioners) 1926–1934. John Hulteng (President of City Commissioners) 1934–1940. E.A. Fladland (President of City Commissioners) 1940–1944. T.H.H. Thoreson.
The Grand Forks Near Southside Historic District is a 182-acre (74 ha) historic district in Grand Forks, North Dakota that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 2004. Many of the district's subdivisions were platted in 1878 in anticipation of railroad construction.