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Welcome to Grand Portage ...Grand Portage is located in Cook County<1>. The location of Grand Portage has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Grand Portage, you might consider that their post office opened in 1856. A typical abbreviation for Grand Portage: Grand Ptge. (or less commonly used: Grand Ptg.) Grand Portage is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Grand Portage lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The area code for Grand Portage: (218) The ZIP code for Grand Portage: 55605<4> Communities near Grand Portage ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Grand Portage.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Grand Portage. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Grand Portage. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Grand Portage. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grand Portage. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Grand Portage ...Looking for more information about Grand Portage? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Grand Portage, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Grand Portage. Adding Grand Portage to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Grand Portage in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Grand Portage was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Grand Portage in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Grand Portage. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Grand Portage. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Cook County: www.co.cook.mn.us/ The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/ Footnotes ...
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