Grand Forks

Grand Forks is a city in northeast , a state in the United States of America. With a population of about 57,000 people in 2017, it's the third largest urban area in the state.
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  • Type: City with 50,400 residents
  • Description: city in North Dakota, United States
  • Also known as: Grand Forks, ND” and “Grand Forks, North Dakota
  • Postal codes: 58201-58203 and 58206-58208

Places of Interest

Highlights include Grand Forks City Hall and Red River State Recreation Area.

Town hall
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a building in Grand Forks, North Dakota that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It was built in 1911.

Park
The is a huge greenway bordering the and in the twin cities of Grand Forks, North Dakota and .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Grand Forks.

Photo: Russell Lee (photographer), Public domain.
is a city in . It's the smaller neighbor of the much better known Grand Forks, North Dakota. EGF's population peaked at about 8,985 in 1996 estimate, before the city was badly damaged during the incredible Red River Flood of 1997.

Grand Forks

Latitude
47.9252° or 47° 55′ 31″ north
Longitude
-97.0306° or 97° 1′ 50″ west
Population
50,400
Elevation
830 feet (253 metres)
IATA airport code
GFK
United Nations Location Code
US GFK
Open location code
86V4WXG9+3P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151322979
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
5059429
Wiki­data ID
Q34144
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Grand Forks” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: غراند فوركس، داكوتا الشماليه
  • Arabic: غراند فوركس
  • Aragonese: Grand Forks
  • Armenian: Գրանդ Ֆորքս
  • Asturian: Grand Forks, Dakota del Norte
  • Asturian: Grand Forks
  • Basque: Grand Forks
  • Belarusian: Гранд-Форкс
  • Bengali: গ্র্যান্ড ফর্কস, নর্থ ডাকোটা
  • Bengali: গ্র্যান্ড ফর্কস
  • Breton: Grand Forks
  • Catalan: Grand Forks
  • Cebuano: Grand Forks
  • Chechen: Гранд-Форкс
  • Chinese: Grand Forks
  • Chinese: 大佛克斯
  • Chinese: 大福克斯
  • Chinese: 大福克斯城
  • Cornish: Grand Forks, Dakota Gledh
  • Cornish: Grand Forks
  • Czech: Grand Forks
  • Dagbani: Grand Forks
  • Danish: Grand Forks
  • Dutch: Grand Forks
  • Egyptian Arabic: جراند فوركس
  • Esperanto: Grand Forks
  • Esperanto: Grandaj Forkoj
  • Faroese: Grand Forks
  • Finnish: Grand Forks, North Dakota
  • Finnish: Grand Forks
  • French: Grand Forks
  • Galician: Grand Forks
  • German: Grand Forks
  • Gilaki: گرند فؤرکس (کلسيايي داکؤتا)
  • Gilaki: گرند فؤرکس
  • Greek: Γκραντ Φορκς
  • Gujarati: ગ્રાન્ડ ફોર્ક્સ
  • Haitian: Grann Fòks
  • Hebrew: גרנד פורקס
  • Hindi: ग्रांड फोर्कस
  • Hungarian: Grand Forks
  • Indonesian: Grand Forks
  • Interlingua: Grand Forks
  • Irish: Grand Forks
  • Italian: Grand Forks, North Dakota
  • Italian: Grand Forks
  • Japanese: グランド・フォークス (ノース・ダコタ州)
  • Japanese: グランド・フォークス
  • Japanese: グランドフォークス (ノースダコタ州)
  • Japanese: グランドフォークス
  • Japanese: グランドフォークス市
  • Kannada: ಗ್ರಾಂಡ್ ಫೋರ್ಕ್ಸ್
  • Korean: 그랜드포크스
  • Ladin: Grand Forks
  • Latvian: Grand Forks
  • Latvian: Grandforksa
  • Lithuanian: Grand Forksas
  • Lithuanian: Grandforksas
  • Luxembourgish: Grand Forks
  • Malagasy: Grand Forks, North Dakota
  • Malagasy: Grand Forks
  • Malay: Grand Forks
  • Marathi: ग्रँड फोर्क्स
  • Min Nan Chinese: Grand Forks
  • Navajo: Łichíʼí Biih Yílį́
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Grand Forks
  • Norwegian: Grand Forks
  • Occitan (post 1500): Grand Forks
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Offerforcan
  • Ossetian: Гранд-Форкс
  • Persian: گرند فرک، داکوتای شمالی
  • Persian: گرند فرک
  • Polish: Grand Forks
  • Portuguese: Grand Forks
  • Romanian: Grand Forks, Dakota de Nord
  • Romanian: Grand Forks, North Dakota
  • Romanian: Grand Forks
  • Russian: Гранд-Форкс
  • Scottish Gaelic: Grand Forks, Dakota a Tuath
  • Scottish Gaelic: Grand Forks
  • Serbian: Гранд Фокс
  • Serbian: Гранд Форкс
  • Serbo-Croatian: Grand Forks, North Dakota
  • Serbo-Croatian: Grand Forks
  • Silesian: Grand Forks
  • Sinhala: ග්‍රෑන්ඩ් ෆෝකස්
  • Slovak: Grand Forks
  • Slovenian: Grand Forks
  • South Azerbaijani: قرند فرک، قوزئی داکوتا
  • Spanish: Grand Forks (Dakota del Norte)
  • Spanish: Grand Forks
  • Swedish: Grand Forks, North Dakota
  • Swedish: Grand Forks
  • Tamil: கிராண்ட் போர்ப்ஸ்
  • Tatar: Гранд-Форкс
  • Telugu: గ్రాండ్ ఫోర్క్స్
  • Thai: แกรนด์ฟอกส์
  • Turkish: Grand Forks, Kuzey Dakota
  • Turkish: Grand Forks
  • Ukrainian: Гранд-Форкс
  • Ukrainian: Ґранд-Форкс
  • Urdu: گرینڈفورکس
  • Uzbek: Grand Forks
  • Vietnamese: Grand Forks
  • Volapük: Grand Forks, North Dakota
  • Volapük: Grand Forks
  • Waray (Philippines): Grand Forks, North Dakota
  • Waray (Philippines): Grand Forks
  • Welsh: Grand Forks, Gogledd Dakota
  • Welsh: Grand Forks
  • Wu Chinese: 大福克斯

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