Do you know of Grants ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Grants. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Grants.<1>

We found mention of Grants as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Litchfield County, Connecticut.

Communities Also Named Grants ...

We found seven communities that share the name Grants.

Within Connecticut, the name Grants is unique.

Beyond Connecticut, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
  - Lafayette County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Grants [Lafayette County].
- Maine
  - Franklin County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Grants [Franklin County].
- New Mexico
  - Cibola County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Grants [Cibola County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
  - Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Grants.
- North Carolina
  - Pamlico County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Grants [Pamlico County].
  - Wayne County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Grants [Wayne County].
- Rhode Island
  - Kent County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Grants [Kent County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Grants ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Grants:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Grants - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Connecticut (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in Litchfield County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Litchfield County.

Amenia Union	Judd's Bridge
Austinville
Avery Heights	Lime Rock Station

Bantam Falls	Morris Station
Bethlehem Village
Birch Hill	Naugatuck Junction
Boardman	New Hartford Center
Boardmans Bridge	New Milford Center
Bonny Brook	New Preston Station
Bromica	North Norfolk
	Northfield Church
Canaan Center	Northwest Harwinton
Candleset Cove
Candlewood Trails	Orton
Carmel Hill
Cedar Knolls	Plymouth Hollow
Chalybes	Pomperaug
Chapinville
Cherry Hill	Riga
Cornwall Center
Cornwall Hollow	Skiff Mountain
	South Farms
Danbury Quarter	Southville
Deer Island	State Line
Dibble Hill	Still River
	Summit
East Goshen
East Sharon	Torrington Hollow

Fall Mountain Lake	Washington Green
Forbesville	Washington Hill
Fort Hill	Weekeempee
	West Bantam
Good Hill	West Winsted
Grassy Hill	Whitcomb Hill
	Winchester
Hallington	Wolcottville
Hitchcockville	Woodbury Center

Footnotes ...

<1>

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

<2>

If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Grants could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.