Griggs
Griggs may refer to: Places *Griggs County, North Dakota, U.S. *Mount Griggs (also known as Knife Peak Volcano), Katmai range, Alaska, U.S. Other uses *Griggs (surname) *''Griggs v. Duke Power Co. ''Griggs v. Duke Power Co.'', 401 U.S. 424 (1971), was a court case argued before the Supreme Court of the United States on December 14, 1970. It concerned employment discrimination and the disparate impact theory, and was decided on March 8, 1 ...

Griggs County
Griggs County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,306. Its county seat is Cooperstown. History The county was created by the Dakota Territory legislature on February 18, 1881, with territories partitioned from Barnes, Foster, and Traill counties. It was not organized at that time, nor was it attached to another county for administrative or judicial purposes. It was named for Alexander Griggs, a steamboat captain who is credited with founding Grand Forks. The county organization was effected on June 16, 1882. Its boundary was altered in 1883 when Steele County was partitioned off; it has retained its present boundary since then. Geography The Sheyenne River flows southward through the east-central part of Griggs County, discharging into Lake Ashtabula at the county's SE corner. The county terrain consists of low rolling hills, dotted with lakes and ponds across its central part, mostly devoted to agriculture. The terr ...
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Mount Griggs
Mount Griggs, formerly known as Knife Peak Volcano, is a stratovolcano, which lies 10 km behind the volcanic arc defined by other Katmai group volcanoes. Although no historic eruptions have been reported from Mount Griggs, vigorously active fumaroles persist in a summit crater and along the upper southwest flank. The fumaroles on the southwest flank are the hottest, and some of the flank fumaroles can roar so loudly that they can be heard from the valley floor. The slopes of Mount Griggs are heavily mantled by fallout from the 1912 eruption of Novarupta volcano. The summit consists of three concentric craters, the lowest and largest of which contains a recent summit cone topped by two craters. The volume of the volcanic edifice is estimated at about . Isotopic analysis indicates that the source of Griggs' magma is distinct from the other Katmai volcanoes. The mountain was named for Dr. Robert Fiske Griggs (1881–1962), botanist, whose explorations of the area, after the er ...
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Griggs (surname)
Griggs is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Andy Griggs (born 1973), American country music artist *Bill Griggs (born ?), Australian surgeon and inventor * Billy Griggs (American football) (born 1962), American football player * Chauncey Wright Griggs (1832-1910), American businessman and politician * Clark Robinson Griggs (1824–1915), American politician, mayor of Urbana, Illinois * C. Wilfred Griggs (born ?), American professor of ancient scripture and Egyptologist * Frederick Landseer Griggs (1876–1938), English etcher and artist *Johanna Griggs (born 1973), Australian swimmer and television presenter *John W. Griggs (1849–1927), American politician, governor of New Jersey * Laurel Griggs (2006–2019), American stage and television actress *Nigel Griggs (born 1949), British musician, brother of Paul Griggs *Orrin Harold Griggs (1883-1958), American lawyer and politician *Paul Griggs (born 1944), British musician, brother of Nigel Griggs *Phil Gr ...
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