Grand Forks County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2010 census, its population was 66,861, making it the third-most populous county in North Dakota. Its county seat and largest community is Grand Forks. The county was created in 1873 and later organized in 1875.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,440 square miles (3,700km2), of which 1,436 square miles (3,720km2) is land and 3.1 square miles (8.0km2) (0.2%) is water.
Located on the western banks of the Red River of the North in a 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.
It is located at a railroad wye where Amtrak trains headed for Chicago turn south. The station was built by Amtrak in 1982, replacing the use of a Great Northern station downtown and allowing Amtrak to serve the city without having to go downtown and then back up. For a while before the station officially opened, trains stopped here and passengers were bussed to and from the old station. The former Great Northern station has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1990.
Grand Forks is served by Amtrak's daily Empire Builder. Of the seven North Dakota stations served by Amtrak, Grand Forks was the fourth busiest in FY10, boarding or detraining an average of about 55 passengers daily. The station is owned by Amtrak. The platform and tracks are owned by BNSF Railway.
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BISMARCK – A plan to someday build an American Indian casino in Grand Forks could be getting a second chance ...Originally, the proposal to allow the tribe to operate in Grand Forks County was presented to the Legislature in Senate Bill2376.
...Grand Forks Republican ... Holmberg represented parts of Grand Forks and Grand Forks County from 1977 to 2022, when he resigned after The Forum reported on his connection to Nicholas Morgan-Derosier.
Grand Forks County had an unadjusted unemployment rate of 2.7% in January, compared to 3.1% for the state and 4.4% nationwide ... According to state labor market data, Grand Forks County had 279 job ...
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