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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; -91.10833CountryUnited StatesStateWisconsinCountyBayfieldTownGrandviewArea

• Total0.740 sq mi (1.92 km²) • Land0.740 sq mi (1.92 km²) • Water0 sq mi (0 km²)Elevation

1,050 ft (320 m)Population

(2010)

• Total163 • Density220/sq mi (85/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP code

54839

Area code(s)715 and 534GNIS feature ID1579348^[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

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