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History · Grand View

Grand View’s post office opened in 1888, and 10% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1947 on and the census since 1980.

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0on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
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How Grand View began

When was Grand View founded?

1888

The Grand View post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 366 in 19802020 census: 440138 years
Founding year: the first Grand View post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Grand View’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Grand View are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Grand View’s history is told.

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The story so far

Grand View, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Grand View yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Grand View is a city along the Snake River in Owyhee County, Idaho, United States. The population was 440 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Boise City–Nampa, Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1888. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 452 to 440 (-3%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Grand View, decade by decade

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On the map

Grand View on the map, 1947 to 1992

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Grand View. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Grand View on the 1947 USGS mapGrand View on the 1978 USGS mapGrand View on the 1992 USGS map1947Grand View sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Grand View.

People over time

Grand View, census by census

0100200300400500198020002020Peak: 470

Between 330 and 470 people in every census since 1980.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Grand View’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Grand View

Nobody well known was born in Grand View itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Victor WootenAmerican bass guitarist · b. 1964
Ford RaineyAmerican actor · b. 1908
Richard McKennaAmerican writer · b. 1913
Jeff HastingsSki jumper · b. 1959
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Corbin HarneyWestern Shoshone leader and indigenous rights a… · b. 1920
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David ShawAmerican player of Canadian football · b. 1953

Questions about Grand View’s history

What year was Grand View founded?

The Grand View post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.