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Welcome to Grand Portage ...

Grand Portage is located in Cook County<1>.

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.<2>.

Time Zone: Grand Portage lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Grand Portage: 218

The ZIP code for Grand Portage: 55605<3>

Communities near Grand Portage ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Grand Portage.

  • Neebing
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neebing
  • Crooks
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooks
  • Pardee
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardee
  • Jackpine
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackpine
  • Hovland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • South Gillies
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Cloud Bay
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jarvis River
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Wamsley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wamsley
  • Scoble West
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)

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 (so far) for Grand Portage was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Grand Portage post office opened in 1856.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Grand Portage.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Cook, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Grand Portage - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Grand Portage). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Grand Portage or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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