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Grand Rapids is a city in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States, and it is the county seat. The population was 11,126 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] The city is named for the 3.5-mile (5.6 km) long rapids in the Mississippi River which was the uppermost limit of practical steamboat travel during the late 19th century.
Itasca County (/ aɪ ˈ t æ s k ə / eye-TASS-kə) [2] is a county located in the Iron Range region of the U.S. state of Minnesota.As of the 2020 census, the population was 45,014. [3]
Grand Rapids Township was a township in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 11,747 at the 2000 census. By the time of the 2010 census, the area of the former township had been divided between the cities of Grand Rapids, La Prairie, and Coleraine. Grand Rapids Township was named for rapids on the Mississippi River. [3]
West Michigan in particular has become associated with Dutch American culture and the influence of the Reformed Church in America and Christian Reformed Church in North America (both offshoots of the Dutch Reformed Church), centering on the cities of Holland [1] and (to a lesser extent) Grand Rapids. Dutch is still spoken by the elderly and ...
The district serves the communities of Balsam, Bigfork, Cohasset, Effie, Grand Rapids, Squaw Lake, Togo, Warba and Wawina. The current superintendent is Matt Grose who was hired in 2020. Schools
The Forest History Center is part of the Minnesota Historical Society's network of historic sites and museums. Located in Grand Rapids, Itasca County, Minnesota, on wooded acreage adjoining the Mississippi River, the Forest History Center provides learning experiences about the forests, logging industry, and forest conservation.
Pokegama Lake Dam (National ID MN00584) is a dam in Cohasset, Itasca County, Minnesota, northwest of the city of Grand Rapids. The concrete and timber crib dam was constructed in 1884 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers , with a height of 17 feet (5.2 m), and a length of 385 feet (117 m) at its crest. [ 1 ]
Several parcels were conveyed to the Department of the Interior, the Grand Rapids School District # 318, and the Bureau of Mines. The 7.22 acres conveyed to the Bureau of Mines in 1967 was returned to GSA and then sold to nineteen private owners for private residences. Most of the site has been demolished to make room for new construction.