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Grand View, Wisconsin

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Grand View, Wisconsin
Census-designated place
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Grand View is located in Wisconsin
Grand View
Grand
View
Coordinates: 46°22′03″N 91°06′30″W / 46.36750°N 91.10833°W / 46.36750; -91.10833
CountryUnited States
StateWisconsin
CountyBayfield
TownGrandview
Area
 • Total
0.740 sq mi (1.92 km2)
 • Land0.740 sq mi (1.92 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
1,050 ft (320 m)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total
117
 • Density160/sq mi (61/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
54839
Area code(s)715 and 534
GNIS feature ID1579348[2]

Grand View (also Grandview, Pratt) is an unincorporated, census-designated place located in the town of Grandview, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States.

U.S. Highway 63 serves as a main route in the community. Grand View is located 23 miles southwest of the city of Ashland; and 34 miles northeast of the city of Hayward.

Grand View has a post office with ZIP code 54839.[3] As of the 2020 census, its population is 117, down from 163 at the 2010 census.[4]

History

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A post office was established as Grandview in 1900; the spelling was changed to Grand View in 1970.[5] The community was named from the scenery.[6]

Notable people

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  • Vic C. Wallin, Wisconsin State Representative and businessman, lived in Grand View.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Census Bureau profile: Grand View CDP, Wisconsin". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grand View, Wisconsin
  3. ^ ZIP Code Lookup
  4. ^ "U.S. Census website". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
  5. ^ "Bayfield County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  6. ^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 177.
  7. ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1958,' Biographical Sketch of Vic C. Wallin, pg. 33


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