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Grand Rapids, Minnesota Location of the town/city of Grand Rapidswithin Itasca County, Minnesota Location of the town/city of Grand Rapids inside Itasca County, Minnesota Grand Rapids is a town/city in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States.
The town/city of Grand Rapids is titled for the 3.5-mile (5.6 km) long small-town rapids in the Mississippi River, which was the uppermost limit of practical steamboat travel amid the late 19th century.
Today, those rapids are hidden underneath the dam of the Blandin Paper Mill.
Grand Rapids was established as a logging town, as the Mississippi River provided an optimal health of log shipment to populace centers.
Old Central School, positioned in downtown Grand Rapids, was assembled in 1895 in the Richardsonian Romanesque style of architecture.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 24.44 square miles (63.30 km2), of which 22.56 square miles (58.43 km2) is territory and 1.88 square miles (4.87 km2) is water. Grand Rapids is the governmental center of county of Itasca County, a county that contains over 1000 lakes.
The town/city of Grand Rapids sits at the junction of U.S.
Highway 169 heads south to Hill City, and ultimately towards the town/city of Minneapolis.
Grand Rapids is also the starting point of State Highway 38, running 47 miles (76 km) north along the Edge of the Wilderness Scenic Byway towards Effie.
State Highway 38 has been designated a National Scenic Byway by the United States Department of Transportation.
The following routes are positioned inside the town/city of Grand Rapids.
MN-38.svg Minnesota State Highway 38 Edge of the Wilderness Scenic Byway The town/city of Grand Rapids has a Humid continental climate (Koppen Climate Classification Dfb) with warm summers and long, cold winters, typical of its locale on the Mesabi Iron Range.
Climate data for Grand Rapids, Minnesota (1981 2010) Average snowy days ( 0.1 in) 11 8 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 11 48 As of the census of 2010, there were 10,869 citizens , 4,615 homeholds, and 2,633 families residing in the city.
There were 4,615 homeholds of which 26.6% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 41.1% were married couples living together, 12.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 3.6% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 42.9% were non-families.
36.5% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 17.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.20 and the average family size was 2.84.
The median age in the town/city was 42 years.
22.2% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 8.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.4% were from 25 to 44; 26% were from 45 to 64; and 20.8% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 7,764 citizens , 3,446 homeholds, and 1,943 families residing in the city.
There were 3,446 homeholds out of which 25.6% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 41.5% were married couples living together, 11.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 43.6% were non-families.
38.1% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 20.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.15 and the average family size was 2.82.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 22.1% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 23.9% from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 to 64, and 23.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $28,991, and the median income for a family was $39,468.
About 9.2% of families and 11.2% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 15.1% of those under age 18 and 6.4% of those age 65 or over.
Churches in Grand Rapids include St.
Grand Rapids is represented at the federal and state level by: Historically, the small-town economy was based on timber harvesting, and to this day, Blandin Paper Mill, now owned by the Finnish-based UPM paper company, has its papermaking facilities in downtown Grand Rapids, while Ainsworth (formerly Potlach) positioned just outside the town/city limits, produced oriented strand board until it ceased operation in September 2006.
The Mesabi Range or Iron Range region of Minnesota begins with one iron mine to the southwest and a number to the northeast of the city.
Although technically and geographically a member of the Iron Range, Grand Rapids and its economy has been historically based on paper manufacturing and other wood products.
It also is the service center for 46,000 citizens due to a large cyclic and weekend populace of summer residences on encircling lakes, and a number of lesser bedroom communities positioned near Grand Rapids.
Grand Rapids was the first non-urban city in Minnesota to be served by an Advanced Life Support Ambulance Service. Grand Slam of Golf Tournament August Grand Rapids has one of the several competing high school marching bands north of the Twin Cities.
Grand Rapids High School Grand Rapids also has the following parochial and secondary schools: The following airways broadcasts based in Grand Rapids.
The town/city is also served by many other airways broadcasts from around the Iron Range area.
KAXE 91.7 FM Public Radio (first non-urban enhance airways broadcast in the United States) Grand Rapids Herald-Review Published on Sundays and Wednesdays.
Grand Rapids TV is primarily fed in from Duluth, MN tv stations, but some cable subscribers also receive Bemidji, MN & Minneapolis, MN tv stations as well.
Local government and improve affairs are veiled by the small-town improve tv station.
Television stations available in Grand Rapids are: (ICTV) Public access improve tv station serving the Itasca County area.
Grand Rapids was the place of birth and early childhood home of legendary singer and actress Judy Garland, although her family moved to Lancaster, California, when she was four years old.
The Itasca County Historical Society maintains a Judy Garland exhibit in their Heritage Museum and Judy's fully restored birthplace, in a home assembled in 1892, is open to the enhance as the Judy Garland Museum.
Notable citizens who were born in Grand Rapids or lived in the town/city include: Baker was also a member of the first Grand Rapids High School State Championship winning hockey team.
Judy Garland, iconic actress and singer, born June 10, 1922, in Grand Rapids.
Grand Rapids Minnesota "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Saint Luke's Church Grand Rapids, MN".
"Saint Andrew's Lutheran Church Grand Rapids, MN".
"Zion Lutheran Church Grand Rapids, MN".
Joseph's Catholic Church Grand Rapids, MN".
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