Michigan
Kent
City of Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids is in , in the . Grand Rapids is the second largest city in Michigan with a population of just under 200,000 in the city limits, and nearly 570,000 in the surrounding county.
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  • Type: City with 199,000 residents
  • Description: city in and seat of Kent County, Michigan, United States
  • Also known as: “Grand Rapids, MI”, “Grand Rapids, Mich.”, and “Grand Rapids, Michigan”
  • Postal codes: 49501-49508, 49510, 49512, 49514-49516, 49518, 49523, 49525, 49530, 49544, 49546, 49548, 49555, 49560, 49588, and 49599
Photo: WMrapids, CC0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Van Andel Arena and Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum.

Stadium
Photo: Timize, Public domain.
is a multi-purpose arena situated in the Heartside district of Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. The arena attracted over five million patrons in its first 5 years, 1996–2001.

Museum
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The is the presidential museum and burial place of Gerald Ford, the 38th president of the United States, and his wife Betty Ford.

Museum
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The is an art museum located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, with collections ranging from Renaissance to Modern Art and special collections on 19th and 20th-century European and American art.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Heritage Hill Historic District.

Neighborhood
Photo: Kent county, Public domain.
Heritage Hill is a residential neighborhood in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is one of the largest urban historic districts in the .

Grand Rapids

Latitude
42.9632° or 42° 57′ 48″ north
Longitude
-85.6679° or 85° 40′ 4″ west
Population
199,000
Elevation
640 feet (195 metres)
Inception
1826
IATA airport code
GRR
United Nations Location Code
US GRR
Open location code
86JPX87J+7V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153348187
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4994358
Wiki­data ID
Q184587
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Grand Rapids” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Grand Rapids, Michigan”
  • Albanian: “Grand Rapids”
  • Arabic: “Grand Rapids”
  • Arabic: “غراند رابيدز (ميشيغان)”
  • Arabic: “غراند رابيدز”
  • Aragonese: “Grand Rapids”
  • Armenian: “Grand Rapids”
  • Armenian: “Գրանդ Ռապիդս”
  • Armenian: “Գրանդ Ռեփիդս”
  • Asturian: “Grand Rapids”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qrand-Rapids”
  • Basque: “Grand Rapids”
  • Belarusian: “Гранд-Рапідс”
  • Belarusian: “Грэнд-Рэпідс”
  • Bengali: “গ্র্যান্ড র‍্যাপিডস, মিশিগান”
  • Bengali: “গ্র্যান্ড র্যাপিডস”
  • Breton: “Grand Rapids”
  • Bulgarian: “Grand Rapids”
  • Bulgarian: “Гранд Рапидс”
  • Catalan: “Grand Rapids”
  • Cebuano: “Grand Rapids (kapital sa kondado sa Estados Unidos, Michigan)”
  • Cebuano: “Grand Rapids”
  • Central Kurdish: “گراند ڕەیپیدز”
  • Chechen: “Гранд-Репидс”
  • Chinese: “Grand Rapids”
  • Chinese: “大急流城”
  • Chinese: “大急流市”
  • Chinese: “大急流村”
  • Chinese: “大湍城”
  • Chinese: “大激流市”
  • Cornish: “Grand Rapids, Michigan”
  • Cornish: “Grand Rapids”
  • Cree: “Grand Rapids”
  • Cree: “Misi-páwastik”
  • Cree: “ᒥᓯ ᐹᐗᔅᑎᒃ”
  • Czech: “Grand Rapids”
  • Dagbani: “Grand Rapids”
  • Danish: “Grand Rapids”
  • Dutch: “Grand Rapids”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جراند رابيدز”
  • Esperanto: “Grand Rapids”
  • Estonian: “Grand Rapids”
  • Faroese: “Grand Rapids”
  • Finnish: “Grand Rapids”
  • French: “Grand Rapids”
  • Galician: “Grand Rapids”
  • Georgian: “გრანდ-რეპიდზი”
  • German: “Furniture City”
  • German: “Grand Rapids”
  • Gilaki: “گرند رپيدز (ميشيگان)”
  • Gilaki: “گرند رپيدز”
  • Greek: “Γκραντ Ράπιντς, Μίσιγκαν”
  • Greek: “Γκραντ Ράπιντς”
  • Gujarati: “ગ્રાન્ડ રેપિડ્સ”
  • Hebrew: “Grand Rapids”
  • Hebrew: “גרנד ראפידס”
  • Hindi: “ग्रैंड रेपिड्स”
  • Hungarian: “Grand Rapids”
  • Icelandic: “Grand Rapids”
  • Ido: “Grand Rapids, Michigan”
  • Ido: “Grand Rapids”
  • Iloko: “Grand Rapids”
  • Indonesian: “Grand Rapids, MI”
  • Indonesian: “Grand Rapids, Michigan”
  • Indonesian: “Grand Rapids”
  • Interlingua: “Grand Rapids”
  • Irish: “Grand Rapids, Michigan”
  • Irish: “Grand Rapids”
  • Italian: “Grand Rapids”
  • Japanese: “Grand Rapids”
  • Japanese: “グランド・ラピッズ”
  • Japanese: “グランドラピッズ”
  • Kannada: “ಗ್ರ್ಯಾಂಡ್ ರ್ಯಾಪಿಡ್ಸ್”
  • Kashmiri: “گرٛینٛڈ ریپڈس، مِشیگن”
  • Kazakh: “Grand Rapids”
  • Kazakh: “Grand Rapïds”
  • Kazakh: “Гранд Рапидс”
  • Kazakh: “گراند راپىيدس”
  • Kirghiz: “Grand Rapids”
  • Kirghiz: “Гранд Рапидс”
  • Korean: “Grand Rapids”
  • Korean: “그랜드 래피즈”
  • Korean: “그랜드래피즈”
  • Ladin: “Grand Rapids”
  • Latvian: “Grandrapidsa”
  • Latvian: “Grandrepidsa”
  • Lithuanian: “Grand Rapidsas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Grand Rapids”
  • Macedonian: “Grand Rapids”
  • Macedonian: “Гранд Рапидс”
  • Malagasy: “Grand Rapids, Michigan”
  • Malagasy: “Grand Rapids”
  • Malay: “Grand Rapids”
  • Malayalam: “ഗ്രാന്റ് റാപ്പിഡ്സ്”
  • Marathi: “Grand Rapids”
  • Marathi: “ग्रँड रॅपिड्स”
  • Mazanderani: “گرندرپیدز (میشیگان)”
  • Mazanderani: “گرندرپیدز”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Grand Rapids”
  • Navajo: “Tółgaiinílį́”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Grand Rapids”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grand Rapids”
  • Norwegian: “Grand Rapids”
  • Ossetian: “Гранд-Рапидс”
  • Persian: “Grand Rapids”
  • Persian: “گرندرپیدز، میشیگان”
  • Persian: “گرندرپیدز”
  • Piemontese: “Grand Rapids”
  • Polish: “Grand Rapids”
  • Portuguese: “Grand Rapids”
  • Romanian: “Grand Rapids, Michigan”
  • Romanian: “Grand Rapids”
  • Russian: “Grand Rapids, Michigan”
  • Russian: “Гранд Рапидс”
  • Russian: “Гранд-Рапидс”
  • Russian: “Гранд-Рэпидс”
  • Russian: “Грэнд-Рэпидс”
  • Scots: “Grand Rapids, Michigan”
  • Scots: “Grand Rapids”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Grand Rapids, Michigan”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Grand Rapids”
  • Serbian: “Grand Rapids”
  • Serbian: “Гранд Рапидс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Grand Rapids, Michigan”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Grand Rapids”
  • Silesian: “Grand Rapids”
  • Sinhala: “ග්‍රෑන්ඩ් රපිඩ්ස්”
  • Slovak: “Grand Rapids”
  • Slovenian: “Grand Rapids”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قرندرپیدز، میشیقان”
  • Spanish: “Grand Rapids (Míchigan)”
  • Spanish: “Grand Rapids”
  • Swahili: “Grand Rapids, Michigan”
  • Swahili: “Grand Rapids”
  • Swedish: “Grand Rapids, Michigan”
  • Swedish: “Grand Rapids”
  • Tagalog: “Grand Rapids, Michigan”
  • Tagalog: “Grand Rapids”
  • Tamil: “கிராண்ட் ராபிட்ஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Грәнд-Рәпидс”
  • Telugu: “గ్రాండ్ రాపిడ్స్”
  • Thai: “แกรนด์แรพิดส์”
  • Tornedalen Finnish: “Grand Rapids”
  • Turkish: “Grand Rapids, Michigan”
  • Turkish: “Grand Rapids”
  • Ukrainian: “Grand Rapids”
  • Ukrainian: “Гранд-Рапідс”
  • Ukrainian: “Гренд-Репідс”
  • Urdu: “گرانڈ ریپڈس، مشی گن”
  • Urdu: “گرینڈ راپیدس”
  • Uzbek: “Grand Rapids”
  • Venetian: “Grand Rapids”
  • Vietnamese: “Grand Rapids, Michigan”
  • Vietnamese: “Grand Rapids”
  • Volapük: “Grand Rapids”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Grand Rapids, Michigan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Grand Rapids”
  • Welsh: “Grand Rapids, Michigan”
  • Welsh: “Grand Rapids”
  • Western Armenian: “Կրանտ Ռափիտս”
  • Western Frisian: “Grand Rapids”
  • Wu Chinese: “大急流城（密歇根州）”
  • Wu Chinese: “大急流城”
  • Yue Chinese: “大急流城”
  • “Grand Rapids”

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