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Grand Forks is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of North Dakota and the
county seat of Grand Forks County.
Located on the western banks of the Red River of the North in an extremely flat region known as the Red River Valley,
the city is prone to flooding and was struck by the devastating Red River Flood of 1997. Originally called Les
Grandes Fourches by French fur traders, Grand Forks was founded in 1870 by steamboat captain Alexander Griggs and
incorporated on February 22, 1881.
Its location at the fork of the Red River and the Red Lake River gives the city its name.
Prior to settlement by Europeans or Americans, the area where
the city now sits — at the forks of the Red River and Red Lake River — had been an important meeting and trading
point for Native Americans. Early French explorers, fur trappers, and traders called the area Les Grandes Fourches
meaning "The Grand Forks". By the 1740s, Les Grandes Fourches was an important trading post for French
fur trappers. A U.S. post office was established on the site on June 15, 1870 and the name was changed to "Grand
Forks." Alexander Griggs, a steamboat captain, is regarded as being "The Father of Grand Forks."
Griggs' steamboat froze in the Red River on a voyage in late 1870, forcing the captain and his crew to spend the
winter camping at Grand Forks. Griggs platted the community in 1875 and Grand Forks was officially incorporated
on February 22, 1881. The city quickly grew after the arrival of the Great Northern Railway in 1880 and the Northern
Pacific Railway in 1887. In 1883, the University of North Dakota was established, six years before North Dakota
was formally recognized as an independent state born from the Dakota Territory.
[Source: wikipedia.org]
County Seat: Grand Forks from 1875 to the present.
Townships:
*Agnes *Allendale *Americus *Arvilia *Avon *Bentru *Blooming *Brenna *Chester
*Elkmount *Elm Grove *Fairfield *Falconer *Ferry *Gilby *Grace *Grand Forks *Hegton *Inkster *Johnstown *Lakeville
*Larimore *Levant *Lind *Logan Center *Loretta *Mekinock *Michigan *Moraine *Niagara *Northwood *Oakville *Pleasant
View *Plymouth *Rye *Strabane *Turtle River *Union *Walle *Washington *Wheatfield
Cities:
*Emerado *Gilby *Grand Forks *Inkster *Larimore *Manvel *Niagara *Northwood
*Reynolds (small part of city extends into Traill County) *Thompson
Other Communities:
*Arvilla *Mekinock
CDP
*Grand Forks AFB
Surrounding Counties
Walsh
County (north)
Polk
County, Minnesota (east)
Traill
County (southeast)
Steele
County (southwest)
Nelson
County (west)
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