Grandview’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Grandview. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusGrandview Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,396 people in the township.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,731 to 1,396 (-19%). Half of its homes were built before 1964.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Grandview yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Grandview’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Grandview’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewCharles Webber House, Township Ro…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Grandview, decade by decade
2000
unknown1 item
Nothing in Grandview is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Grandview has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Friendly City Building and Jail in Friendly, 2.2 miles away.
Grandview and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Charles Webber House, Township Road & Sheets Run and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.