Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Grand Forks came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of 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 Grand Forks. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our 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 Grand Forks:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

Rand McNally Map of North Dakota (1937)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Grand Forks:

Grand Forks was mentioned in the following schedules:

Burlington Northern Railroad Time Tables (April 1970)

Canadian National Railroad Time Tables (October 1960)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Grand Forks: www.grandforksgov.com/

The official website for Grand Forks County: www.grandforkscountygov.com/

The official website for State of North Dakota: https://www.nd.gov/