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>.

The location of Granville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

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.<4>.

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

If Granville still existed, it would have been in the (641) area code.

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)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
  • Newton is located in Jasper County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,127 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newton <5>
• Oskaloosa
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oskaloosa
  • Oskaloosa is located in Mahaska County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,803 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oskaloosa <5>
• 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 <5>
• Grinnell
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grinnell
  • Grinnell is located in Poweshiek County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,096 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grinnell <5>
• Monroe
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
  • Monroe is located in Jasper County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monroe <5>
• 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.<3> 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 <5>
• New Sharon
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sharon
  • New Sharon is located in Mahaska County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,286 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Sharon <5>
• Sully
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sully
  • Sully is located in Jasper County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sully <5>
• Kellogg
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
  • Kellogg is located in Jasper County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kellogg <5>
• 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>

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.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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