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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about East Grand Forks came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of East Grand Forks in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about East Grand Forks. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our East Grand Forks data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

 

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for East Grand Forks:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station

Rand McNally Map of Minnesota (1932)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for Minnesota (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Shell Oil Road Map for North Dakota (1949)
Published by Shell Oil Company

East Grand Forks is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found East Grand Forks in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for East Grand Forks for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for East Grand Forks. See our Misc Page for East Grand Forks for more information.

The official website for East Grand Forks: www.ci.east-grand-forks.mn.us/

The official website for Polk County: www.co.polk.mn.us/

The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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