Welcome to Grand Rapids ...So far, we found very little information about Grand Rapids. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Grand Rapids to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Grand Rapids - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Grand Rapids, please Contact Us. While we don't have the exact location of Grand Rapids , we believe that it would have been located within present day Holt County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Grand Rapids, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879. When the people of Grand Rapids referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Grand Rapidian<3> A typical abbreviation for Grand Rapids: Grand Rpds. Time Zone: The area where Grand Rapids was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Codes where Grand Rapids was located: 402 & 531<4> 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), Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio (2) and Oregon. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Grand Rapids. Adding Grand Rapids to Our Gazetteer ...The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Grand Rapids was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Grand Rapids on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Nebraska (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Grand Rapids. Footnotes ...
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