[6] A post office called Grand River has been in operation since 1890.

[9] Headlands Beach State Park lies adjacent to the village.

There were 176 housing units at an average density of 325.9 per square mile (125.8/km2).

There were 125 housing units at an average density of 227.2 per square mile (87.7/km2).

[5] 26.1% were of German, 13.7% English, 12.4% American, 8.5% Irish, 8.2% Italian, 6.5% Hungarian and 6.5% Polish ancestry according to Census 2000.

Grand River village has an elected mayor-council form of government.

Public education in the village is provided by the Riverside Local School District.