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Welcome to Grigston ...

Grigston is located in Scott County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Grigston, you might consider that their post office opened in 1922.

Grigston is 2,920 feet [890 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Grigston is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Grigston lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Grigston (for example, toward Tribune), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Code for Grigston: 620

Communities near Grigston ...

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

  • Scott City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Dighton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Manning
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Manning is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
  • Amy ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Amy is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amy
    • Former name for Amy:
    • Ellen
  • Healy
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Shields
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Shields is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields
  • Friend
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Friend is located in Finney County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friend
  • Modoc
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Modoc is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
  • Alamota
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Alamota is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamota
  • Elkader
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Elkader is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkader

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 Grigston. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Grigston.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Grigston. 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 Grigston.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Grigston ...

Looking for more information about Grigston? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Grigston, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Grigston.

Adding Grigston to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Grigston 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 (so far) for Grigston was on a map titled Map of Kansas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Grigston.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Scott, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Grigston - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.