Grand Forks County, North Dakota (ND), United States, North America
Latitude
47°55'N
Longitude
97°04'W
Grand Forks
, city (1990 pop. 49,425), seat of Grand Forks co.,
E N.Dak., at the confluence of the Red R. of the North
(N.Dak.-Minn. state line) and the Red Lake R. from East
Grand Forks, Minn., on opposite side; 47°55'N 97°04'W. Agr. area
(wheat, sugar beet, potato, and edible beans; livestock); grain
elevators, state-operated flour mills, and plants that process and
distribute meat, dairy prods., sugar beets, and potatoes. Mfg.
(printing, fiberglass prods., beverage processing, farm equip., mustard
processing). RR junction. The area was settled by Fr. fur traders who
traveled the 2 rivers by canoe and camped at the junction. They called
their campsite La Grandes Fourches [Fr.=the grand forks].
Euro-Americans arrived in 1868. Grand Forks became an important stop on
the Great Northern RR after 1880. In 1928 the RR built huge switching
and storage yards in the city. The Univ. of N.Dak. is here, as is a
U.S. Dept. of Agr. human nutrition research laboratory and a regional
Natl. Weather Service meteorological station. Grand Forks Air Force and
Base to W. Sites of interest are Campbell House/Myra Mus.
and N.Dak. Mus. of Art (official state art mus.).
Fairgrounds. 1881. In April 1997 the Red R., swelled by melting snow,
overflowed its banks, and the flood devastated Grand Forks and several
other communities; most of the city's pop. was evacuated. Inc.
1881.
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