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
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
- Vic C. Wallin, Wisconsin State Representative and businessman, lived in Grand View.[7]
References
- ^ "Census Bureau profile: Grand View CDP, Wisconsin". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
- ^ 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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