Grand View, Wisconsin
Census-designated place in Wisconsin, United States
46°22′03″N 91°06′30″W / 46.36750°N 91.10833°W / 46.36750; -91.10833 (2010)
54839
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
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
- Vic C. Wallin, Wisconsin State Representative and businessman, lived in Grand View.[6]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grand View, Wisconsin
- ^ ZIP Code Lookup
- ^ "U.S. Census website". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
- ^ "Bayfield County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ '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
- Ashland‡
- Bayfield
- Washburn
- Mason
- Cable
- Cornucopia
- Drummond
- Grand View
- Herbster
- Iron River
- Port Wing
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
reservation
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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