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Welcome to Granville ...The village of Granville is located in Putnam County<1>. The location of Granville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> The pronunciation of Granville: GRAN-vil<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Granville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1847. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Granville has a population of 1,310 people<4> (see below for details). Granville is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<5>. Time Zone: Granville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area codes for Granville: (815) & (779)<6> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Granville had an population of 1,310 people. This is a decrease of 8.2% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 7.36% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Granville had a population of 1,427 people (which is 23.76% of the total population of Putnam County). This makes Granville the county's most populous community. The population of Granville represents 0.01% of the total population of Illinois (which has 12,830,632 people), making it the state's 573rd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 1,427 people, the population of Granville has remained roughly the same as the 2000 Census (with a count of 1,414 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Granville. Communities Also Named Granville ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Illinois communities named Granville: This one is located in Putnam County and the other is located in Madison County. Beyond Illinois, there are 29 communities that are also named Granville - they are located in Arizona, Indiana, Iowa (2), 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.
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. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Granville ...Looking for more information about Granville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Granville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Granville. Adding Granville to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Granville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections 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.<8> We also found Granville in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851). For more details, see References and Mentions for Granville. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Granville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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