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Welcome to Grant View Heights ...

Grant View Heights is located in Winnebago County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Grant View Heights: Grant Vw. Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Grant View Heights is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Grant View Heights lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Grant View Heights: 815 & 779<3>

Communities near Grant View Heights ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Grant View Heights.

  • Rockford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Belvidere
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Loves Park
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Machesney Park
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Roscoe
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Roscoe is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,406 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roscoe <4>
  • Rochelle
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Rockton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Byron
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Oregon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Winnebago
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Grant View Heights ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Winnebago, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Grant View Heights - 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 815 code has been Overlayed with the 779 area code. New phone numbers in the Grant View Heights area will be assigned with one of these codes: 815 or 779. As a result, placing a call in the Grant View Heights 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.