Grandview Heights, Ohio: History and Highlights

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Grandview Heights, Ohio
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Grandview Heights, sometimes shortened Grandview, is a city in Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The population was 8,085 at the 2020 census.

At a Glance

History of Grandview Heights

The city was originally part of Marble Cliff, one of the first suburbs of Columbus, which settled as a community in 1890 and incorporated as the "Hamlet of Marble Cliff" in 1901. Grandview Heights became a separate village in 1906, and a city in 1931.

The Bank Block is a historic strip mall along Grandview Avenue, the main commercial road. One of the first to include a parking lot, the Bank Block was built in 1927. It first included a grocery store, a pharmacy, and a bank among a total of 12 storefronts.

Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Grandview Heights, Ohio, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

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