Минесота штатындағы Гранд-Рапидс қаласы

City in Minnesota, United States

Grand Rapids is a city in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States, and it is the county seat. The population was 11,126 at the 2020 census. The city is named for the 3.5 mile (6 km) long rapids in the Mississippi River which was the uppermost limit of practical steamboat travel during the late 19th century. Today the rapids are hidden below the dam of UPM Paper Company.

Grand Rapids became a logging town, as the Mississippi River provided an optimal method of log shipment to population centers. Blandin Paper Mill opened in 1902. The Forest History Center, located in Grand Rapids, MN, is a State Historic Site and a living history museum that recreates life as it was in a turn of the 20th century logging camp. Costumed interpreters guide visitors through a recreated circa 1890s logging camp to educate the public on the history of white pine logging and its relevance to today's economy. Miles of nature trails, educational naturalist programming, and an interpretive museum are also located on the site. Old Central School, located in downtown Grand Rapids, was built in 1895 in the Richardsonian Romanesque style of architecture. The three story building served as an elementary school from 1895 to 1972. A community effort restored the building in 1984 and it now serves as a location for commerce and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1991 Enbridge's Line 3 pipeline ruptured, spilling 1.7 million gallons of oil into the area, including the Prairie River, in the largest inland oil spill in US history.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 24.44 square miles (63 km2), of which 22.56 square miles (58 km2) is land and 1.88 square miles (5 km2) is water.

The city of Grand Rapids has a Humid continental climate (Köppen Climate Classification Dfb) with warm summers and long, cold winters, typical of its location on the Mesabi Iron Range.

Historically, the local economy of Grand Rapids was based on timber harvesting; and, to this day, Blandin Paper Mill—now owned by the Finnish based UPM paper company—has downtown paper making facilities. Ainsworth (formerly Potlach) produced oriented strand board and was located just outside the city limits until ceasing operations in September 2006. The Mesabi Range or Iron Range, frequently referred to as "The Range" by residents, region of Minnesota begins in Grand Rapids 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. Although founded in Marcell, ASVI (All Season Vehicles Inc), now Yanmar Compact Equipment North America, has been a contributor to the Grand Rapids economy since the mid 1990's manufacturing compact track loaders at its Grand Rapids facility. The contemporary economy also boasts a large tourist footing, with many local resorts, four golf courses, over one million acres (4,000 km2) of public and industrial forestlands that provide excellent regional hunting, and more than 1,000 lakes for fishing. It also is the service center for 46,000 people due to a large seasonal and weekend population of summer residences on surrounding lakes, and a number of smaller bedroom communities located near Grand Rapids.

The public school district is ISD 318. West Elementary, East Elementary, Robert J. Elkington Middle School, and Grand Rapids High School are located within the city limits. Parochial schools include St. Joseph's Catholic School. Minnesota North College Itasca serves the community.

Grand Rapids Herald Review – Published on Sundays and Wednesdays.

Grand Rapids TV is primarily fed in from Duluth, MN television stations, but some cable subscribers also receive Bemidji, MN & Minneapolis, MN television stations as well. Local government and community events are covered by the local community television station. Television stations available in Grand Rapids are:
KAWE 9 – PBS station based in Bemidji. KRII 11 – NBC station serving Chisholm/Hibbing (multiplexed into several digital subchannels; 11.1 rebroadcasts KBJR TV NBC 6 of Duluth & 11.3 rebroadcasts KDLH CBS 3 of Duluth). KCCW 12 – CBS station serving Walker/Bemidji/Brainerd (rebroadcast of WCCO TV CBS 4 of Minneapolis). WIRT 13 – ABC station serving Hibbing (rebroadcast of WDIO ABC 10 of Duluth). K29EB 29 – Translator of KQDS TV FOX 21 of Duluth. WRPT 31 – PBS station serving Hibbing (rebroadcast of WDSE PBS 8 of Duluth).