Fridley, Minnesota Fridley, Minnesota Location of the town/city of Fridleywithin Anoka County, Minnesota Location of the town/city of Fridley Website City of Fridley Fridley is a town/city in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States.
It is part of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area.
Fridley is a "first ring" or "inner ring" suburb in the northern part of the Twin Cities.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 10.89 square miles (28.20 km2), of which, 10.17 square miles (26.34 km2) is territory and 0.72 square miles (1.86 km2) is water. Lakes in Fridley include East Moore Lake, West Moore Lake, and Locke Lake.
Rice Creek flows through the central part of the city, Springbrook Creek flows through the northwest section, and the Mississippi River borders Fridley to the west.
The town/city of Fridley borders the metros/cities of Coon Rapids and Blaine to the north; Spring Lake Park to the northeast; Mounds View and New Brighton to the east; Columbia Heights to the southeast; Minneapolis to the southwest; and Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn Center to the west.
Fridley shares the Climate of the Twin Cities and Climate of Minnesota.
Interstate 694 and Minnesota State Highways 47 and 65 are three of the chief routes in the city.
East River Road is one of the earliest roads in the state as a Minnesota Territorial road. It was part of the Red River Oxcart Trail.
The BNSF Railway chief Northern transcontinental Twin Cities to Portland/Seattle double track line passes through Fridley as part of the Staples Subdivision. The Amtrak Empire Builder passes through Fridley twice daily on this line, but does not stop inside the city. The massive BNSF Northtown Classification Yards are positioned in the city. The Minnesota Commercial Railway also serves Fridley, with a terminal warehouse positioned there.
The post-European/American settlement history of Fridley begins with the assembly of the Red River Ox Cart Trail in 1844, which traveled through Minnesota Territory from Saint Paul (present day Minnesota) to Pembina (present day North Dakota), now East River Road (also Anoka County Highway 1).
It comprised the modern-day municipalities of Columbia Heights, Fridley, Hilltop, and Spring Lake Park.
Fridley, for whom the town/city is named.
Fridley, for whom the town/city is named, was propel as the first territorial representative for the area.
In 1857, the region separated from Ramsey County; Manomin County was established, and it became the smallest county in the United States, having only 18 sections.
Minnesota state law allowed metros/cities to operate municipal liquor stores.
The Fridley Liquor store proceeds were the major funding for the daily town/city operations until the lawsuit was resolved in 1950.
The second twister that hit was the deadliest storm in Twin Cities history (see 1965 Twin Cities tornado outbreak), which killed a total of 13 citizens . Fridley is home to the Operational Headquarters of Ireland-based Medtronic plc, and its primary employers include BAE Systems (formerly United Defense); Cummins; Unity Medical Center, part of the Allina Healthcare system;Minco Products, Inc; Kurt Manufacturing Company; and Park Construction Company.
Fridley is also home to a Target Stores retail distribution center and Magnum Research, a business that produces the Desert Eagle firearm, is also positioned in Fridley.
Both Minneapolis and Saint Paul draw their municipal water supplies from the Mississippi River at Fridley.
According to the city's 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the biggest employers in the town/city are: The enhance schools in Fridley are governed by Fridley Independent School District 14.
Fridley High School, Fridley Middle School, and two elementary schools (Hayes Elementary and Stevenson Elementary) comprise the district.
Totino-Grace High School, a private Roman Catholic high school, Calvin Christian High School, a private Christian high school, and Al-Amal School, a private Islamic K-12 school, are also positioned in Fridley.
A small portion of the northern part of Fridley lies inside the Anoka-Hennepin School District 11.
Students living in an region of easterly Fridley are in the Columbia Heights School District 13.
Most of the students living in the north-northeastern part of the town/city are in Spring Lake Park School District 16. Fridley is home to the 127-acre (0.51 km2) Springbrook Nature Center park and nature reserve on its northern border with Coon Rapids.
The border of Fridley comprises the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area.
Portions of islands inside the recreation region are inside the Fridley town/city limits.
Fridley has the following Anoka County parks inside the city: Manomin County Park (Rice Creek where it enters the Mississippi River and Locke Lake) There were 11,110 homeholds of which 30.2% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 43.4% were married couples living together, 14.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 6.1% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 36.5% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 37.1 years.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 22.5% under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 24.4% from 45 to 64, and 12.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
Fridley is positioned in Minnesota's 5th congressional district, represented by Minneapolis lawyer Keith Ellison, a Democrat.
King's Twin Cities Metro Street Atlas '04.
Summary of May 6, 1965 Tornado Outbreak - NWS Twin Cities "City of Fridley 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report" (PDF).
Spotlight on Fridley; `Friendly' Minneapolis suburb mostly has ramblers, split-level homes.
City of Fridley Community Development Comprehensive Plan Chapter 1 preface (PDF) United States Enumeration Bureau.
Media related to Fridley, Minnesota at Wikimedia Commons Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Fridley, Minnesota.
Municipalities and communities of Anoka County, Minnesota, United States
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