Fridley | |
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![]() Fridley Civic Campus | |
Nickname: "Friendly Fridley" | |
![]() 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 | |
Country | United States |
State | Minnesota |
County | Anoka |
Incorporated (village) | June 18, 1949 |
Incorporated (city) | May 23, 1957 |
Government | |
• Type | Council–manager |
Area | |
• Total | 10.88 sq mi (28.18 km2) |
• Land | 10.16 sq mi (26.32 km2) |
• Water | 0.72 sq mi (1.86 km2) |
Elevation | 850 ft (260 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 29,590 |
• Estimate (2022)[4] | 30,289 |
• Density | 2,911.26/sq mi (1,124.08/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP codes | 55421, 55432 |
Area code | 763 |
FIPS code | 27-22814[5] |
GNIS feature ID | 2394826[2] |
Website | ci.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 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.[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.
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