Welcome to Grand Rapids ...The city of Grand Rapids is located in Itasca County<1> and is the County Seat for Itasca County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Grand Rapids, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874. When the people of Grand Rapids refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Grand Rapidian<2> A typical abbreviation for Grand Rapids: Grand Rpds. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Grand Rapids has a population of 11,229 people<3> (see below for details). Grand Rapids is 1,310 feet [399 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Grand Rapids lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Grand Rapids: 218 The ZIP codes for Grand Rapids: 55730, 55744-55745<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Grand Rapids had an population of 11,229 people. This is an increase of 3.31% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 44.63% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Grand Rapids had a population of 10,869 people (or 24.13% of the total population of Itasca County). This makes Grand Rapids the county's most populous community. The population of Grand Rapids represents 0.2% of the total population of Minnesota (which has 5,303,925 people), making it the state's 91st most populous community. With a 2010 count of 10,869 people, the population of Grand Rapids increased 39.99% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 7,764 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Grand Rapids. Communities Also Named Grand Rapids ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Grand Rapids - they are located in British Columbia, Manitoba, Michigan (2), Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio (2) and Oregon. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Grand Rapids. Websites for Grand Rapids ...Official Website: www.grandrapidsmn.org/ Chamber of Commerce: www.grandmn.com/ Communities near Grand Rapids ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Grand Rapids.
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 Rapids. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Grand Rapids. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Grand Rapids. 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 Rapids. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Grand Rapids. Our list includes 5 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Grand Rapids. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Grand Rapids ...Looking for more information about Grand Rapids? 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 Rapids, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Grand Rapids. Adding Grand Rapids to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Grand Rapids 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 Rapids was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Grand Rapids. Footnotes ...
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