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Grand Rapids

city in and seat of Kent County, Michigan, United States
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Summary

Grand Rapids is a city in the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 0.9% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,405 views/month, #85 of 9,394).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kent County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Head of government: Rosalynn Bliss[5]
  • Instance of: county seat[6], big city[7]
  • Official language: English[8]
  • Twinned administrative body: Zapopan[9], Perugia[10], Omihachiman[11], Bielsko-Biała[12], Parral[13], Tirana[14]
  • Postal code: 49501[15], 49502[16], 49503[17], 49504[18], 49505[19], 49506[20], 49507[21], 49508[22], 49510[23], 49512[24], 49514[25], 49515[26], 49516[27], 49518[28]
  • Commons category: Grand Rapids, Michigan[29]
  • Located in time zone: Eastern Time Zone[30], UTC−05:00[31], UTC−04:00[32]
  • Said to be the same as: گرند رپیدز (میشیگان)[33]
  • Local dialing code: 616[34]
  • Inception: 1826[35]
  • Official website: https://grandrapidsmi.gov[36]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Grand Rapids, Michigan[37]
  • Population: 2686[38], 8085[39], 16,507[40], 32,016[41], 60,278[42], 87,565[43], 112,571[44], 188,040[45], 198,917[46]

Why It Matters

Grand Rapids has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . grandrapidsmi.gov. Retrieved . grandrapidsmi.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . tirana.gen.al. tirana.gen.al. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → Eastern Time Zone, UTC−05:00, UTC−04:00
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46713|batch #46713]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ['grand-rapids', 'grand-rapids-mich']
    Inception → +1826-00-00T00:00:00Z
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: grand-rapids, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289934239|grand rapids (#289934239)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  3. 13w ago · J. N. Squire · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nickname → Furniture City
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Nickname: Furniture City"
  4. 20w ago · Mxn · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital of → Kent County
    Different from → Grand Rapids
    Inception → +1826-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Isni → 0000000119549333
    + 35 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Member of: GovAI Coalition, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258464|batch #258464]]"
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