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Fridley
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city in Anoka County, Minnesota, USA
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- County
- Anoka
- Incorporated village
- June 18, 1949
- Incorporated city
- May 23, 1957
- Type
- Council–manager
- Total
- 10.88 sq mi (28.18 km )
- Land
- 10.16 sq mi (26.32 km )
- Water
- 0.72 sq mi (1.86 km )
- Elevation
- 850 ft (260 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 30,289
- Density
- 2,911.4/sq mi (1,124.08/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Zip codes
- 55421, 55432
- Fips code
- 27-22814
- Website
- www .fridleymn .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Fridley
- Population
- 29590
- Area
- 28.203099
- Elevation
- 262
- Official website
- www.ci.fridley.mn.us
- Image
- 2009-0610-002-Fridley-CH.jpg
- Households
- 10767
- Dialing code
- 763
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- Commons category
- Fridley, Minnesota
- inception
- 1847-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 6.6442
- per capita income
- 32028
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Article
Fridley is a city in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States. Its population was 29,590 at the 2020 census. It was first settled as a place 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. 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.
Geography and climate