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Grand Island, Colorado

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While our information shows that the community of Grand Island is historic,<1> we want to be sure that it has a presence on our website. As we gather information about Grand Island, we'll be sure to add our findings.

Grand Island would have been located within present day Boulder County

Typical abbreviation for Grand Island: Grand Is. (or less commonly used: Grand Isld. or Grand Islnd.. In Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)

While the community is gone, the present day location for Grand Island is 2,890 feet [880.87 m] above sea level.<2>

Time Zone: The area where Grand Island was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Grand Island can be found in:

 California 
 Florida 
 Nebraska 
 New York 

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>2008<4>
Population		Change
Since 2000
 Boulder   E19 mi [30.58 km]94,1710.53% decrease
 Central City   SE12 mi [19.31 km]5669.9% increase
 Downieville-Lawson-Dumont   S14 mi [22.53 km]---
 Empire   S15 mi [24.14 km]3248.73% decrease
 Fraser   W11 mi [17.7 km]9271.87% increase
 Georgetown   S18 mi [28.97 km]1,0275.61% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Grand Island.


The Commemorative Quarter for Colorado
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Search for Local Businesses

We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities. Since Grand Island no longer exists, the following searches are actually centered on the nearby community of Denver. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Grand Island:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Grand Island? Please visit the Map Page for Grand Island.


Footnotes

<1>We use the term 'historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Grand Island, please let us know so that we can make corrections.

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<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Grand Island - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<3>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Grand Island and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<4>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Grand Island.

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<5>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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