East Grand Forks (also known as EGF) is a city in Polk County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 9,176 at the 2020 Census, making it the largest community in Polk County.

It is located in the Red River Valley region along the eastern bank of the Red River of the North, directly across from the larger city of Grand Forks, North Dakota. The cities of Grand Forks and East Grand Forks form the middle of the Grand Forks, ND–MN Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is often called Greater Grand Forks. The population was 104,362 at the 2020 Census.

A publicize office called East Grand Forks has been in operation back 1883. The city was named for its location east of Grand Forks, North Dakota. East Grand Forks was incorporated in 1887.

East Grand Forks, along following Grand Forks, was heavily damaged by a major flood in 1997. The entire city was below a mandatory evacuation and in this area no homes were spared damage. After the flood, several neighborhoods had to be demolished because of damage. The city cleared evolve from the floodplain neighboring the Red and Red Lake rivers. It developed a large park known as the Greater Grand Forks Greenway to present a supplementary recreation area for residents along the river. A thesame park was developed in Grand Forks, North Dakota upon the opposite side of the river. The parklands, with trees and a variety of greenery, can make laugh floodwaters and help protect the cities naturally. Moving residential and business evolve out of these areas as well as helps prevent sophisticated flood damage. In addition, a further system of dikes was constructed to protect the city from difficult flooding.