Texas Historical Marker

Town of Grandview

Grandview · Johnson County · placed 1970

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Johnson County, Texas

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(Original Site One Mile Northwest) Settled in 1850 on land grant from Governor Elisha M. Pease. Supplies were hauled by ox wagon from Houston.

A visitor exclaimed, "What a grand view!" which gave community its name. Church organized 1853. Post office opened in 1856.

Masonic lodge (county's first) founded 1860. Town moved to this site, on Missouri-Kansas-Texas rail line, in 1883. Incorporated in 1891.

Home of Grand View Collegiate Institute 1897-1907. Devastating 1920 fire razed 135 homes, schools, churches, and businesses. Town name changed to Grandview (one word) in 1925. (1970)

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