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| | Grand Rapids Minnesota City Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Grand Rapids Township received its name from the location of its village, the county seat, beside rapids of the Mississippi, having a fall of five feet in a third of a mile. |
 | | Grand Rapids (1,290 alt., 4,875 pop.), Itasca County seat, the radial point of several important highways, is the home of one of the largest paper mills in the Northwest. |
 | | Grand Rapids, still retaining the village form of government, is a thriving, active community, the trade center for an extensive area, and the outfitting point for sportsmen en route to beautiful lake and wilderness regions that surround it. |
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