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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.
Map of the United States with Minnesota highlighted. Minnesota is a state situated in the Midwestern United States.According to the 2020 United States census, Minnesota is the 22nd most populous state with 5,706,494 inhabitants but the 14th largest by land area, spanning 79,626.74 square miles (206,232.3 km 2) of land. [1]
Fridley, Minnesota (1 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Cities in Anoka County, Minnesota" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
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.
Manomin County was a county in Minnesota that existed separately for 13 years from 1857 to 1869. [1] The land was originally split off from Ramsey County. [2] When it was formed, it was the smallest county in the United States at roughly 16 square miles. [3] It comprised the Fridley Township, named for Minnesota legislator Abram M. Fridley. [4]
Abram McCormick "A. M." Fridley [1] (1817 in Painted Post, New York – March 26, 1888 in Fridley, Minnesota) was a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, and was the namesake of Fridley Township, Minnesota, which later became the city of Fridley, Minnesota. Fridley was a Winnebago Indian agent, a lawyer ...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 26.549 square miles (68.76 km 2), of which 26.076 square miles (67.54 km 2) is land and 0.473 square miles (1.23 km 2), or 1.89% are water. [2] The Mississippi River forms the eastern boundary of the city, separating it from Coon Rapids and Fridley in Anoka County.
According to the Minnesota Historical Society, Rice Creek was named for Henry Mower Rice, one of the first pair of U.S. Senators sent to represent Minnesota upon its statehood, who acquired extensive lands near the lower course of the creek in 1849, [10] [11] though Edmund Rice describes Rice Brook in St. Paul as the "Rice Creek" named after his brother Henry Mower Rice. [12]