Fridley

Fridley, city (2020 pop. 29,590), Anoka co., SE Minn., a suburb north of Minneapolis, on the Mississippi River; settled 1847, inc. as a city 1957. A distribution center with railroad yards and warehouses, Fridley produces rubber, plastic, and electrical products; machinery; aircraft; cosmetics; computers; X-ray equipment; and ordnance and weapons systems.

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