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GRANDY, a village in section 3 of Cambridge Township with a post office established in 1899; it was incorporated as a village on February 13, 1903, but is currently
unincorporated.
The town grew rapidly to include a hotel, restaurant, tavern, mercantile, grocery store, post
office and creamery, all on one side of the highway. Across the highway along the railroad tracks
were the potato warehouses and the depot.
Salesmen traveling by train stopped in Grandy, displayed their wares for the various merchants,
stayed in the Tourist Hotel and moved on to the next town the following day. Grandy was also
home to the Dahlman potato picker manufacturing business when Eben Dahlman moved the
operation from his farm east of Grandy.
Isanti County Census Information
The information below is taken from the federal
government census starting in 1860 and going through
2000. Information about a particular county is limited
to the census after the date of establishment. For more
information about census in the MHS collection refer
to the Personal Records: Guide Census Records.
|
Year |
Total Population |
| 1860 |
284 |
| 1870 |
2,035 |
| 1880 |
5,063 |
| 1890 |
7,607 |
| 1900 |
11,675 |
| 1910 |
12,615 |
| 1920 |
13,278 |
| 1930 |
12,081 |
| 1940 |
12,950 |
| 1950 |
12,123 |
| 1960 |
13,530 |
| 1970 |
16,560 |
| 1980 |
23,600 |
| 1990 |
25,921 |
| 2000 |
31,287 |
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Grandy,
Minnesota 55029