Moorhead is a city in and county seat of Clay County, Minnesota, United States, on the banks of the Red River of the North. Located in the Red River Valley, an extremely fertile and active agricultural region, Moorhead is also home to several corporations and manufacturing industries. Across the river from Fargo, North Dakota, Moorhead helps form the core of the Fargo–Moorhead ND-MN Metropolitan Area. The population was 44,505 at the 2020 census. Platted in 1871, the city was named for William Galloway Moorhead, an official of the Northern Pacific Railway.

Country: United States
State: Minnesota
County: Clay
Settled: 1871
Incorporated (village): February 25, 1875
Incorporated (city): February 24, 1881
Mayor: Shelly Carlson
Council Members: Ryan Nelson, Matthew Gilbertson, Laura Caroon, Heather Nesemeier, Deb White, Larry Seljevold, Chuck Hendrickson, Sebastian McDougall
Population (2020): 44,505
Estimate (2022): 44,861
Urban: 216,214 (US: 177th)
Metro: 262,620 (US: 189th)
Time zone: Central (CST) (UTC–6)
Summer (DST): CDT (UTC–5)
ZIP Code: 56560, 56561, 56562, 56563
Area code(s): 218
FIPS code: 27-43864
GNIS feature ID: 2395392
Sales tax: 7.875%
Website: ci.moorhead.mn.us
Official Website: http://www.cityofmoorhead.com/
Wikidata description: city in Clay County, Minnesota, USA
Wikidata id: Q983754
Wikidata label: Moorhead
Wikidata aliases: Array
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