Grinnell

Grinnell

Grinnell may refer to:

People

* Frederick Grinnell, American engineer
* George Bird Grinnell
* Henry Grinnell, American merchant, financier of Arctic explorations
* Henry Walton Grinnell, American admiral, son of Henry Grinnell
* Joseph Grinnell (1877 - 1939), a zoologist
* Josiah Bushnell Grinnell (1821-1891), U.S. congressman
* Moses H. Grinnell

Companies

* ITT Grinnell

Places

;United States
* Grinnell, Iowa
** Grinnell College, a liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa
* Grinnell, Kansas
* Grinnell Glacier, a glacier in Montana
* Grinnell Lake, a lake in Montana
* Mount Grinnell, a peak in Montana;Canada
* Grinnell Land, a section of Ellesmere Island in Nunavut
* Grinnell Peninsula, a peninsula on Devon Island in Nunavut
* Cape Grinnell, a cape on Devon Island in Nunavut at Griffin Inlet

Other uses

*Grinnell Mutual, an Iowa, US-based reinsurance company
*Grinnell, Minturn & Co, a 19th-century American shipping company
*Grinnell (automobile), an electric car made in Detroit, Michigan between 1910 and 1913.


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  • Grinnell, KS — U.S. city in Kansas Population (2000): 329 Housing Units (2000): 158 Land area (2000): 0.496839 sq. miles (1.286807 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.496839 sq. miles (1.286807 sq. km) FIPS code …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

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  • Grinnell — ▪ Iowa, United States       city, Poweshiek county, east central Iowa, U.S., about 50 miles (80 km) east northeast of Des Moines. It was founded by Josiah Bushnell Grinnell, a Congregational clergyman, abolitionist, congressman, and railway… …   Universalium

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