Grandin, ND

Grandin is a city in Cass and Traill counties in the State of North Dakota, founded in 1881. The 2020 census counted 186 residents. Grandin is now a bedroom community for the nearby Fargo-Moorhead area. The farm that belonged to the city namesake brothers was one of the earliest adopters of the telephone in the state. That mix gives Grandin a clear local shape within North Dakota, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present. Grandin was the birthplace of the abstract expressionist painter Clyfford Still. Grandin was named for Bonanza farmer John Livingston Grandin. Grandin, a native of Tidioute, Pennsylvania, along with his brother William James, purchased 99 sections of land in the Red River Valley, dividing them in 1,500 acre farms.