Grand Meadow

History

Grand Meadow was platted in 1870, and named for the prairies near the original town site.

Geography

Grand Meadow is in eastern Mower County and is bordered to the west by Grand Meadow Township and to the east by Frankford Township. Minnesota State Highway 16 runs along the city's northern border, leading west to Dexter and east to Spring Valley. Austin, the Mower county seat, is to the west. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Grand Meadow has an area of , all land. |source 2 = National Weather Service }} The city is at the intersection of Mower County Road 8 and Minnesota State Highway 16. It was served by the Milwaukee Road railroad until the late 1970s. Parks in the city are: *Pine Lawn, east of town on State Highway 16 *City Park, on 1st Avenue SE *Veterans Memorial Park, on the site of the old Grand Meadow school *Grand Meadow School park, at the school

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  399
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  320
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  277
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  269
• Common Grackle

  Quiscalus quiscula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  207
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  190
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  176
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  174