page_title: Grand Forks, North Dakota
hierarchical_section_title: Grand Forks, North Dakota
caption_attribution_description: English: Grand Forks, ND, May 17, 2006 -- Aerial view of Grand Forks mitigation project building new levee walls, burns and pumping stations protecting the city from the Red River. Photo by Brenda Riskey/UND
context_page_description: Grand Forks is a city in the U.S. state of North Dakota along the Red River of the North. It was founded by Alexander Griggs on June 15 1870. It has a population of slightly over 50,000 and is now the county seat of Grand Forks County. It is the third-largest city in the state after Fargo and Bismarck.
  Across the river is East Grand Forks, Minnesota.
context_section_description: Grand Forks is a city in the U.S. state of North Dakota along the Red River of the North. It was founded by Alexander Griggs on June 15 1870. It has a population of slightly over 50,000 and is now the county seat of Grand Forks County.  It is the third-largest city in the state after Fargo and Bismarck.
  Across the river is East Grand Forks, Minnesota.
caption: Aerial view of downtown Grand Forks in 2006
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