{"id":6716,"date":"2023-08-13T13:14:45","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T13:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=6716"},"modified":"2026-08-21T16:17:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T16:17:29","slug":"grand-forks-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/grand-forks-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Forks County, North Dakota"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grand Forks County is a county in North Dakota, United States, forming the heart of the Red River Valley along the Minnesota border. It had a population of 73,170 at the 2020 census and covers 1,439 square miles (3,728 km2) of mostly flat farmland, centred near 47\u00b056\u2032N 97\u00b027\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Grand Forks is the county seat and largest city, and its postal code is 58201. The county has 9 incorporated cities plus Grand Forks Air Force Base and roughly a dozen smaller unincorporated communities, sits in the Central time zone, and carries FIPS code 38035.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Grand Forks County<\/h2>\n

Grand Forks County has 9 incorporated cities and about a dozen smaller unincorporated places and rural crossroads. The table below marks Grand Forks as the county seat, Grand Forks AFB as a census-designated place (CDP), and everything else without its own municipal government as Unincorp.<\/p>\n

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Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Grand Forks<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n59,166<\/td>\n58201<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grand Forks AFB<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n58205<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Northwood<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n982<\/td>\n58267<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Larimore<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n58251<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thompson<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n58278<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manvel<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n58256<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Emerado<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n58228<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reynolds<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n58275<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gilby<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n58235<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Inkster<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n58244<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Niagara<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n58266<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mekinock<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n58258<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arvilla<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n58214<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Calspur<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Forest River Colony<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hannah Junction<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Holmes<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Honeyford<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Johnstown<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kelly<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kempton<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Logan Center<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
McCanna<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Merrifield<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North Grand Forks<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Orr<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Powell<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shawnee<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

North Grand Forks sits directly across the Red Lake River from downtown Grand Forks and is often mistaken for a Minnesota neighborhood since East Grand Forks, Minnesota, lies just across the Red River itself — the two are separate places in separate states.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n