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Welcome to Grand Lake ...

Grand Lake is located in Chicot County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Grand Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1834.

A typical abbreviation for Grand Lake: Grand Lk.

Grand Lake is 110 feet [34 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Grand Lake lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Grand Lake: 870 & 327<3>

Communities Also Named Grand Lake ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Grand Lake - they are located in California, Colorado, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Nova Scotia (3) and Texas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Grand Lake.

Communities near Grand Lake ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Grand Lake.

  • Lake Village
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Eudora
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Oak Grove
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak Grove is located in West Carroll Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,518 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak Grove <4>
  • Mayersville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Mayersville is located in Issaquena County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayersville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 517 people
  • Kilbourne
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Kilbourne is located in West Carroll Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilbourne
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 368 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kilbourne <4>
  • Parkdale
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Byrne City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Byrne City is located in Washington County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrne City
  • James
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • James is located in Washington County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
  • Hampton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Hampton is located in Washington County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
  • Avon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Avon is located in Washington County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Grand Lake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Grand Lake.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Grand Lake. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grand Lake.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Grand Lake. See our Newspapers Page for Grand Lake.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Grand Lake ...

Looking for more information about Grand Lake? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Grand Lake, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Grand Lake.

Adding Grand Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Grand Lake in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Grand Lake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Grand Lake post office opened in 1834. The Grand Lake post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Grand Lake.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Chicot, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Grand Lake - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Grand Lake area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Grand Lake area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/