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7 unusual facts about Grandview


Grandview, Indiana

Bill Peet - American children's book illustrator and a story writer for Disney Studios.

Grandview, Manitoba

The town of approximately eight hundred people was named for the beautiful views of both the Duck Mountains to the north and the Riding Mountains to the south.

Manitoba Highway 5

Along the way it passes through the communities of Cartwright, Glenboro, Carberry, Neepawa, McCreary, Ste. Rose Du Lac, Grandview, Gilbert Plains and the City of Dauphin, Manitoba (although a bypass via Highway 5A is available).

Mark Pender

Mark Pender graduated in 1975 from Grandview Senior High School in Grandview, Missouri.

Max Carl

Films such as Police Academy (1984), Grandview, U.S.A. (1984), and Doin' Time (1985) include his compositions.

She's Like the Wind

Swayze and Stacy Widelitz co-wrote the song in 1984, originally for the soundtrack of Grandview, U.S.A. and was meant to be about Jamie Lee Curtis's character in the film.

Snake River physa snail

In 1995, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reported the known modern range of the species to be from Grandview, Idaho (ca. RM 487) to the Hagerman Reach of the Snake River (ca. RM 573).


Commercial Drive, Vancouver

As of the Canada 2001 Census, English is a minority language in Grandview-Woodland, though still the most common.

Gentrification of Vancouver

Working-class neighborhoods were established in surrounding areas like Kitsilano, Strathcona and Grandview–Woodland.

Grandview–Woodland

Known locally as "The Drive", visitors find everything from trendy coffee shops to hangouts for many ethnicities (celebrations during the FIFA World Cup can bring out soccer fans of many nationalities, for example) to sex toys to hemp shops.

Kary

KARY-FM, a radio station in Grandview, Washington, United States

Louisa-Muscatine School District

The School District includes the cities of Grandview, Letts, Fruitland, and Cranston as well as student from various other local communities.

Manitoba Provincial Road 366

Provincial Road 366 starts in the Swan River Valley region of Manitoba, serving Bowsman and Minitonas, crosses the Duck Mountains, and then goes through west-central Manitoba from Grandview to Inglis.


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