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Grandview, Missouri

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64030. The Survey maps it on the Grandview quadrangle. 26,209 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,050 feet above sea level.

Grandview within Jackson County

On record in Grandview

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Grandview grew from 24,475 to 26,209 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
201024,475
202026,209+1,734 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 27 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Washington township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.

From The History of Jackson County, Missouri, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, Jackson County in the Late War... History of Missouri, Map of Jackson County .., published 1881 - Washington Township

New Santa Fe

This little post village is situated on the west line of Missouri, about midway in Washington township. It now contains one store and post-office and a few dwelhng houses. Being on the State line between a free and a slave State, it has experienced some of the most remarkable events that have been known on a turbulent border: the Border Ruffian War of 1855-6, the awful commotions of the Civil War, and the bands of outlaws, murderers and robbers since the War of the Rebellion ceased have haunted this section to an unwonted degree.

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In the county-history sources

4,827 words on this township

The History of Jackson County, Missouri, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, Jackson County in the Late War... History of Missouri, Map of Jackson County .., published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Washington Township covers washington township organized february g^ 18^6, the orders of court fixing the boundaries, first election held at the house of anson mccrackin, the lost townships, physical features, old settlers.

Read the chapter on Washington Township - 4,827 words.

Fires near this place

21 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Grandview between 2006 and 2018, burning about 24 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
29 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
13 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
3 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
23 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
17 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
29 July 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreJohnson Countynot named
28 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
28 July 2007Naturalunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Grandview: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Beyer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

37 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grandview in 37 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 17 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 3 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1996Thunderstorm WindGrandview3 hurt, $150,000no account filed
December 2008Thunderstorm WindGrandview$5,000Power lines and trees were downed and a roof was damaged at an apartment complex.
June 1995HailGrandview$3,000Hail up to one inch in diameter was reported by a spotter at the intersection of Interstate 435 and U.S. Route 71. The hail broke out a window on the spotter's car.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindGrandview$2,000A telephone pole was snapped in two, at High Grove Road and Raytown Road in Blue Springs, near the entrance of O'Donnell Park.
May 2007Heavy RainGrandview$2,000Three inches of rain has been measured since this morning.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindGrandview$400Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mmph, with road signs blown down.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindGrandview-Downed tree at a residence in Grandview.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindGrandview-Power lines downed just east of the state line west of Grandview.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindGrandview-Downed trees and wires in Grandview.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindGrandview-Shortly before 3 PM CST, public reported tree limbs down due to estimated 60 mph wind gusts from a severe thunderstorm moving through downtown Grandview, MO.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindGrandview-Three inch tree limbs broken; power poles broken near the Grandview Triangle.
September 2023HailGrandview-Social media report of quarter sized hail in Grandview.
July 2019Flash FloodGrandview-Several cars were stalled in and around the Grandview area due to rising flood water.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindGrandview-Signs were down and tree damage was reported at Harry S Truman Road.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindGrandview-A narrow swath of wind, perhaps consistent with a mesovortex did some damage to portions of Grandview. Power lines were reported down across the city and several structures had some minor roof and siding damage. Straight line thunderstorm wind was determined to the be the cause due to the unidirectional layout of the debris field.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindGrandview-A trained spotter reported a 60 mph wind gust near Grandview.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindGrandview-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindGrandview-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 75 mph.
March 2007Flash FloodGrandview-Numerous locations along US HWY 71 between Blue Parkway and 150th Street impassable due to high water.
February 2007Flash FloodGrandview-Numerous locations along US HWY 71 between Blue Parkway and 150 Street impassable due to high water.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindGrandview-An off-duty NWS employee reported a tree 3 feet in diameter was downed.
May 2017HailGrandview-no account filed
October 2014HailGrandview-no account filed
April 2011HailGrandview-no account filed
May 2011HailGrandview-no account filed
May 2007HailGrandview-no account filed
March 2006Thunderstorm WindGrandview-no account filed
March 2006HailGrandview-no account filed
September 2004HailGrandview-no account filed
March 2003HailGrandview-no account filed
May 2003HailGrandview-no account filed
May 2003HailGrandview-no account filed
May 2003HailGrandview-no account filed
March 2000HailGrandview-no account filed
May 2000HailGrandview-no account filed
April 2000HailGrandview-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindGrandview-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jackson County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Truman Corners1.7 miles27
Belvidere2.0 miles22
Hickman Mills2.4 miles27
Ruskin2.7 miles27
Ruskin Heights2.9 miles27
Jeffreys2.9 miles27
Martin City3.0 miles27
Red Bridge3.6 miles27

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on GrandviewAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q960005The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 718686. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.