Welcome to Grand Island ...

Grand Island is located in Colusa County<1>.

The location of Grand Island has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Grand Island, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1854.

When the people of Grand Island refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Grand Islander<3>

A typical abbreviation for Grand Island: Grand Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Grand Island is 30 feet [9 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: Grand Island lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Grand Island is located in the (530) area code.

Communities Also Named Grand Island ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Grand Island - they are located in Colorado, Florida, Nebraska and New York.

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

Communities near Grand Island ...

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

• Yuba City
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba City
  • Yuba City is located in Sutter County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,444 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yuba City <5>
• Marysville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
  • Marysville is located in Yuba County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,594 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marysville <5>
• Live Oak
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
  • Live Oak is located in Sutter County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,048 people
• Colusa
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colusa
  • Colusa is located in Colusa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,098 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colusa <5>
• Williams
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
  • Williams is located in Colusa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,400 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Williams <5>
• Meridian
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
  • Meridian is located in Sutter County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meridian <5>
• Tarke
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarke
  • Tarke is located in Sutter County
• College City
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College City
  • College City is located in Colusa County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for College City <5>
• Sutter
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutter
  • Sutter is located in Sutter County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sutter <5>
• Arbuckle
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbuckle
  • Arbuckle is located in Colusa County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arbuckle <5>

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 Island. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Grand Island.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Grand Island. 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 Island.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Grand Island ...

Looking for more information about Grand Island? 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 Island, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Grand Island.

Adding Grand Island to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Grand Island 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 for Grand Island was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Grand Island post office opened in 1854.

We also found Grand Island in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Grand Island. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Colusa County: www.colusacountyclerk.com/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/