International Falls, Minnesota International Falls, Minnesota International Falls, Minnesota 1.jpg Frostbite Falls Location of International Fallswithin Koochiching County and state of Minnesota Location of International Falls inside Koochiching County and state of Minnesota Country United States State Minnesota International Falls is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Koochiching County, Minnesota, United States. The populace was 6,424 at the 2010 census. International Falls is positioned on the Rainy River directly athwart from Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada.
The two metros/cities are connected by the Fort Frances International Falls International Bridge.
Voyageurs National Park is positioned 11 miles east of International Falls.
Customs and Border Protection Port of Entry on the International Falls side of the toll bridge, and a Canadian Customs entry point on the north side of the bridge.
International Falls is nicknamed "Icebox of the Nation." With 109.4 days per year with a high temperature below 32 F (0 C), the airport has the most such days of any incorporated town/city in the adjoining United States, just surpassing Duluth, Minnesota and Houghton, Michigan. Although the International Falls region was well known to explorers, missionaries, and voyagers as early as the 17th century, it was not until April 1895 the improve was platted by a teacher and preacher L.
The European inhabitants gave the names Rainy Lake and Rainy River to the close-by bodies of water because of the mist-like precipitation present at the falls where the lake flowed into the river.
On August 10, 1901, the village was incorporated and two years later its name was changed to International Falls in recognition of the river's part as a border between the United States and Canada.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.53 square miles (16.91 km2), of which 6.42 square miles (16.63 km2) is territory and 0.11 square miles (0.28 km2) is water. International Falls, with its mostly central position in the North American continent, has a humid continental climate (Koppen Dfb), with long, bitterly cold winters and humid warm summers.
January averages 2.7 F ( 16.3 C), and lows reach 0 F ( 18 C) on average of 58 evenings annually. Highs only reach the freezing point or above an average of 14 15 days between December 1 and February 28 (February 29 in leap years); and in combination with an average cyclic snow flurry of 71.6 inches (182 cm), snow cover is deep and long-lasting. Spring, and more especially autumn, are short but mild transition seasons.
July averages 65.2 F (18.4 C), with highs reaching 90 F (32 C) an average of only 3.2 days annually, and in close to 40% of years, the temperature does not rise that high.
The all-time record high temperature is 103 F (39 C), while the all-time record low is 55 F ( 48 C), a range of 158 F (88 C).
Climate data for International Falls, Minnesota (1981 2010) Average high F ( C) 15.4 Average low F ( C) 6.6 Average snowy days ( 0.1 in) 12.7 10.0 7.7 3.4 0.6 0 0 0 0.2 2.4 9.5 12.7 59.1 International Falls has long promoted itself as the "Icebox of the Nation"; however, the trademark for the slogan has been challenged on a several occasions by the small town of Fraser, Colorado.
Officials from Fraser claimed usage since 1956, International Falls since 1948.
The two suburbs came to an agreement in 1986, when International Falls paid Fraser $2,000 to relinquish its "official" claim.
However, in 1996, International Falls inadvertently floundered to renew its federal trademark, although it had kept its state trademark up to date.
Fraser then filed to gain the federal trademark. International Falls submitted photographic proof that its 1955 Pee Wee hockey team traveled to Boston, Massachusetts with the slogan. After a several years of legal battles, the United States Patent and Trademark Office officially registered the slogan with International Falls on January 29, 2008, Registration Number 3375139. Only a several days after announcing its success in the trademark battle, International Falls had a daily record low temperature of 40 F ( 40 C), beating a previous record of 37 F ( 38.3 C) in 1967. Besides Fraser, there are still many suburbs that are lesser and annually overall colder than International Falls, many of these being mountain communities in the Rockies, as well as a several in northern Minnesota.
International Falls is still called the "Icebox of the Nation" after winning the claim against Fraser in court. One thing that does help or hinder International Falls is that Fraser is positioned inside the Rocky Mountains, which would help to depress low temperatures while International Falls is positioned on mostly flat land, which takes longer to cool on warm summer evenings.
Also, while sub freezing temperatures are very common at high elevation, valley sites in the Rockies amid the winter, maximum temperatures that remain sub freezing are quite rare, while at International Falls and much of the upper (Northern) Midwest they are of mostly incessant occurrence.
The average homehold size was 2.16 and the average family size was 2.80.
International Falls is home to two commercial airways broadcasts; KGHS (1230 AM) and KSDM (104.1 FM), owned and directed by Red Rock Radio; two non-commercial airways broadcasts in International Falls, KBHW (99.5 FM) and KXBR (91.9 FM), owned and directed by Heartland Christian Broadcasters, Inc.; and two Minnesota Public Radio stations from Bemidji, KNBJ (88.1 FM; News) and KCRB-FM (97.7 FM; Classical).
CFOB-FM (93.1 FM) also serves International Falls, and is licensed to Fort Frances, Ontario.
International Falls is part of the Duluth tv market, and is served by the following repeaters: 51 31.1-4 Digital K51 - CM-D PBS, PBS Satellite Service, Create, Minnesota Channel WRPT Koochiching County government The Backus Community Center opened in 2002 and serves as one of the cultural centers of International Falls.
The International Falls postal service contains a mural, Early Lodging in Koochichin Falls, painted by Lucia Wiley.
Federally commissioned murals were produced from 1934 to 1943 in the United States through the Section of Painting and Sculpture, later called the Section of Fine Arts, of the Treasury Department.
Falls International Airport (IATA code: INL, ICAO code: KINL) is a enhance airport positioned just south of the city.
It is mostly used for general aviation but is also served by a single commercial airline, Delta Air Lines' Delta Connection, which has two daily flights to Minneapolis Saint Paul International Airport.
The Minnesota, Dakota and Western Railway operates a 4 mi (6.4 km) line between International Falls and Ranier. The following routes are positioned inside the town/city of International Falls.
MN-11.svg Minnesota State Highway 11 A Sears Diehard car battery commercial was filmed in International Falls in the 1970s, playing on the city's extremely cold winter climate to promote the longevity and effectiveness of the product.
The fictional Minnesota small town of Frostbite Falls, which was the hometown of cartoon characters Rocket "Rocky" J.
Moose of The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, was a spoof of the real-life International Falls.
The fictional town was positioned in Koochiching County as well.
Timothy Sheehy, hockey player, United States Hockey Hall of Fame, silver medalist and captain of 1972 USA Team in Winter Olympics Sapporo, Japan a b c d e Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) details for International Falls, Minnesota; United States Geological Survey (USGS); January 11, 1980.
Climatography of the United States 1971-2000: International Falls Airport, Minnesota (214026) Curt Brown, International Falls says it loud: We're cold, and we're proud, Star Tribune, February 8, 2008.
Trademark Status & Document Retrieval, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Accessed May 1, 2015.
Nation's 'Icebox' hits record 40 below zero, Associated Press, February 11, 2008.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
United States Enumeration Bureau.
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