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Welcome to Granville ...

So far, we found very little information about Granville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Granville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Granville, please Contact Us.

Granville would have been located within present day Mahaska County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Granville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1853.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Granville is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Granville was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Granville was located: 641

Communities Also Named Granville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Iowa communities named Granville: This one is located in Mahaska County and the other is located in Sioux County.

Beyond Iowa, there are 29 communities that are also named Granville - they are located in Arizona, Illinois (2), Indiana, Kansas (3), Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri (3), Nebraska, New York, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Pennsylvania (2), Prince Edward Island, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Yukon.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Granville.

Communities near Granville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Granville.

  • Newton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Oskaloosa
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Pella
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
    • Pella is located in Marion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,266 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pella <4>
  • Grinnell
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Monroe
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Montezuma
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montezuma have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
    • Montezuma is located in Poweshiek County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,388 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montezuma <4>
  • New Sharon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Sully
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Kellogg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Beacon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon
    • Beacon is located in Mahaska County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Granville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Granville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Granville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Granville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Granville. See our Newspapers Page for Granville.

Adding Granville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Granville in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Granville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Granville post office opened in 1853.

We also found Granville in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Granville.

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/

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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Granville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Mahaska, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Granville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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