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Grand Forks County, North Dakota

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70historic places

—earliest paper

1873formed

73,170pop. 2020

47cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 70 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973. Most listings are in or near Grand Forks, Larimore, Kempton.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for North Dakota is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Grand Forks titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

58 of 70 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

70 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Administration Building for the City of Grand Forks at the Grand Forks Airport	Grand Forks	Building	2020
Avalon Theater	Larimore	Building	1991
B'nai Israel Synagogue and Montefiore Cemetery	Grand Forks	Building	2011
Baukol Historic District	Grand Forks	District	2023
Beare, Harriet and Thomas, House	Grand Forks	Building	1995
Ben Franklin Elementary School	Grand Forks	Building	2020
Blome, R. S., Granitoid Pavement in Grand Forks	Grand Forks	Structure	1991
Blome, R. S., Granitoid Pavement in Grand Forks (Boundary Decrease)	Grand Forks	Structure	2010
Building at 201 S. 3rd St.	Grand Forks	Building	1982
Building at 312 Kittson Ave.	Grand Forks	Building	1982
Campbell, Thomas D., House	Grand Forks	Building	1987
Chester Fritz Auditorium	Grand Forks	Building	2023
Clifford, George B., House	Grand Forks	Building	1986
Dakota Block	Grand Forks	Building	1982
DeRemer, Joseph Bell, House	Grand Forks	Building	1983
Dinnie Apartments	Grand Forks	Building	1994
Downtown Grand Forks Historic District	Grand Forks	District	2005
Edgar Building	Grand Forks	Building	1983
Finks and Gokey Block	Grand Forks	Building	1983
First National Bank	Grand Forks	Building	1982
Funseth, Carlott, Round Barn	Kempton	Building	1986
Grand Forks City Hall	Grand Forks	Building	1982
Grand Forks County Courthouse	Grand Forks	Building	1980
Grand Forks County Fairgrounds WPA Structures	Grand Forks	Building	2009
Grand Forks Herald	Grand Forks	Building	1982
Grand Forks Mercantile Building 1898	Grand Forks	Building	2004
Grand Forks Mercantile Co.	Grand Forks	Building	1982
Grand Forks Near Southside Historic District	Grand Forks	District	2004
Grand Forks Near Southside Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Grand Forks	Building	2006
Grand Forks Riverside Neighborhood Historic District	Grand Forks	District	2007
Grand Forks Woolen Mills	Grand Forks	Building	1983
Great Northern Freight Warehouse and Depot	Grand Forks	Building	1990
Hariman Sanatorium	Grand Forks	Building	2013
Hook and Ladder No. 1 and Hose Co. No. 2	Grand Forks	Building	1982
Iddings Block	Grand Forks	Building	1982
Kegs Drive-In, The	Grand Forks	Building	2011
Kelly, J. Nelson, House	Grand Forks	Building	1994
Larimore City Hall	Larimore	Building	1990
Lewis and Clark Elementary School	Grand Forks	Building	2020
Linwell, Martin V., House	Northwood	Building	1980
Masonic Temple	Grand Forks	Building	1982
Metropolitan Opera House	Grand Forks	Building	1999
Midway Bridge	Johnstown	Structure	1997
North Dakota Mill and Elevator	Grand Forks	Building	1992
Northern Pacific Depot and Freight House	Grand Forks	Building	1982
Odd Fellows Block	Grand Forks	Building	1982
Ost Valle Bridge	Thompson	Structure	1997
Oxford House	Grand Forks	Building	1973
Roller Office Supply	Grand Forks	Building	1982
Skarsbo Apartments	Grand Forks	Building	2013
Sorlie Memorial Bridge	Grand Forks	Structure	1999
South Junior High School	Grand Forks	Building	1999
Speed Printing	Grand Forks	Building	1982
St. John's Block Commercial Exchange	Grand Forks	Building	1982
St. Michael's Church	Grand Forks	Building	1988
St. Michael's Hospital and Nurses' Residence	Grand Forks	Building	1995
St. Michael's Parochial School	Grand Forks	Building	2016
Stratford Building	Grand Forks	Building	1982
Telephone Co. Building	Grand Forks	Building	1982
U.S. Post Office and Courthouse	Grand Forks	Building	1976
United Lutheran Church	Grand Forks	Building	1991
University of North Dakota Historic District	Grand Forks	District	2010
Valley Junior High School	Grand Forks	Building	2020
Viking Elementary School	Grand Forks	Building	2020
WPA Stone Structures in Memorial Park and Calvary Cemetery	Grand Forks	Object	2010
Washington School	Grand Forks	Building	1992
Wells-Denbrook Architects Office Building	Grand Forks	Building	2014
Wheeler, Dr. Henry, House	Grand Forks	Building	1986
Wilder Elementary School	Grand Forks	Building	2020
Wright Block	Grand Forks	Building	1982

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Grand Forks was formed in 1873 (1873-01-04) from Pembina.

GRAND FORKS created by Dakota Territory in present North Dakota from PEMBINA.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Grand Forks County population from 1880 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
6,248	24,459	28,795	34,518	39,443	48,677	66,100	66,109	73,170

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

47 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 47 of 47 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Americus - Saint Olaf Cemetery	47.68608	-97.10452
Arvilla Cemetery	47.92489	-97.49541
Avon Cemetery	47.81718	-97.56033
Bellevue Cemetery	47.93351	-97.62496
Bethania Cemetery	47.7147	-97.67814
Bethel Lutheran Cemetery	47.88388	-97.79594
Calvary Catholic Cemetery South	47.82032	-97.0651
Calvary Cemetery	47.93122	-97.06569
East Walle Lutheran Church Cemetery	47.78877	-96.97992
Elk Valley Lutheran Church Cemetery	48.03906	-97.75181
Elm Grove Lutheran Church Cemetery	47.97554	-97.74251
Evangelical United Brethren	47.83174	-97.42998
Evanger Lutheran Church Cemetery	47.86199	-97.17568
Forest River Colony Cemetery	48.18059	-97.70354
Gran Church Cemetery	47.79473	-97.49492
Herlickson Cemetery	47.71581	-97.71064
Holmes Methodist Cemetery	47.70245	-97.28268
Inkster Cemetery	48.15787	-97.64311
Johnstown Cemetery	48.14426	-97.46577
Lakeville Cemetery	48.03473	-97.29861
Logan Center Cemetery	47.77351	-97.8175
Memorial Park North Cemetery	47.93101	-97.06285
Memorial Park South Cemetery	47.89084	-97.04751
Middle Forest River Cemetery	48.18082	-97.90286
Middle Grove Cemetery	48.01956	-97.25461
Montefiore Cemetery	47.9334	-97.06598
Ness Lutheran Church Cemetery	48.00636	-97.34756
Niagara Cemetery	48.00515	-97.84029
North Cemetery	47.76543	-97.60277
Northwood Cemetery	47.73054	-97.57535
Northwood Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery	47.68705	-97.5704
Potter's Field	47.93277	-97.05976
Prairie Home Cemetery	48.07915	-97.46451
Rosendahl Cemetery	47.68706	-96.91848
Saint Andrews Cemetery	48.05404	-97.88278
Saint James Cemetery	47.76387	-97.11008
Saint Judes Cemetery	47.76592	-97.10925
Saint Pauls Lutheran Cemetery	48.0282	-97.47205
Saint Timothy Cemetery	48.08759	-97.18587
Stjordalen Cemetery	47.71807	-97.30318
Sunset Prairie Cemetery - Emerado Cemetery	47.91172	-97.37096
Swenson Cemetery	47.71915	-97.45785
Thompson Cemetery	47.77002	-97.10773
Walle Lutheran Church Cemetery	47.78106	-97.02337
Washington Lutheran Church Cemetery	47.75831	-97.45174
Washington Prairie Cemetery	47.70015	-97.40954
West Union Cemetery	47.71519	-97.79589

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
Ojata	47.91748	-97.26925

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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