Fridley, Minnesota

Fridley
Fridley Civic Campus
Fridley Civic Campus
Nickname: 
"Friendly Fridley"
Location of the city of Fridley within Anoka County, Minnesota
Location of the city of Fridley
within Anoka County, Minnesota
Coordinates: 45°05′03″N 93°15′24″W / 45.08417°N 93.25667°W / 45.08417; -93.25667
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountyAnoka
Incorporated (village)June 18, 1949
Incorporated (city)May 23, 1957
Government
 • TypeCouncil–manager
Area
 • Total10.88 sq mi (28.18 km2)
 • Land10.16 sq mi (26.32 km2)
 • Water0.72 sq mi (1.86 km2)
Elevation850 ft (260 m)
Population
 • Total29,590
 • Estimate 
(2022)[4]
30,289
 • Density2,911.26/sq mi (1,124.08/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
55421, 55432
Area code763
FIPS code27-22814[5]
GNIS feature ID2394826[2]
Websiteci.fridley.mn.us

Fridley is a city in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States. Its population was 29,590 at the 2020 census.[3] It was first settled as a placed named Manomin where Rice Creek flows into the Mississippi river and the Red River Oxcart trail crosses the creek. Fridley was incorporated in 1949 as a village, and became a city in 1957. It is part of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area as a northern "first-ring" or "inner-ring" suburb. Most of the growth in Fridley occurred between 1950 and 1970.[6] Fridley borders Minneapolis to the southwest. Neighboring first-ring suburbs are Columbia Heights to the south and Brooklyn Center to the west, across the Mississippi River.

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fridley, Minnesota
  3. ^ a b "Explore Census Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusEst2022 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  6. ^ United States Census Bureau. "Census of Population and Housing". Retrieved October 28, 2014.

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