Grand View, Wisconsin

Census-designated place in Wisconsin, United States

Grand View, Wisconsin

Census-designated place

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Grand
View

Coordinates: 46°22′03″N 91°06′30″W﻿ / ﻿46.36750°N 91.10833°W﻿ / 46.36750; -91.10833
Country| United States
State| Wisconsin
County| Bayfield
Town| Grandview
Area

• Total| 0.740 sq mi (1.92 km2)
• Land| 0.740 sq mi (1.92 km2)
• Water| 0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation

| 1,050 ft (320 m)
Population

(2010)

• Total| 163
• Density| 220/sq mi (85/km2)
Time zone| UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code|

54839

Area code(s)| 715 and 534
GNIS feature ID| 1579348[1]

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.[2] As of the 2010 census, its population is 163.[3]

## History

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A post office was established as Grandview in 1900; the spelling was changed to Grand View in 1970.[4] The community was named from the scenery.[5]

## Notable people

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* Vic C. Wallin, Wisconsin State Representative and businessman, lived in Grand View.[6]

## References

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1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grand View, Wisconsin
2. ^ ZIP Code Lookup
3. ^ "U.S. Census website". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
4. ^ "Bayfield County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
5. ^ 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.
6. ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1958,' Biographical Sketch of Vic C. Wallin, pg. 33

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Municipalities and communities of Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States

County seat: Washburn

Cities|

* Ashland‡
* Bayfield
* Washburn

Village|

* Mason

Towns|

* Barksdale
* Barnes
* Bayfield
* Bayview
* Bell
* Cable
* Clover
* Delta
* Drummond
* Eileen
* Grandview
* Hughes
* Iron River
* Kelly
* Keystone
* Lincoln
* Mason
* Namakagon
* Orienta
* Oulu
* Pilsen
* Port Wing
* Russell
* Tripp
* Washburn

CDPs|

* Cable
* Cornucopia
* Drummond
* Grand View
* Herbster
* Iron River
* Port Wing

Unincorporated
communities|

* Ashland Junction
* Bark Point
* Barksdale
* Benoit
* Delta
* Ino
* Lake Owen
* Leonards
* Moquah
* Muskeg
* Namekagon
* Oulu
* Pike River
* Pureair
* Radspur
* Red Cliff
* Salmo
* Sand Bay
* Sioux
* Sutherland
* Topside
* Wills

Indian
reservation|

* Red Cliff

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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