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Welcome to Grancer ...

Grancer is located in Butler County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Grancer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

Grancer is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you leave Grancer and travel east, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Grancer: 270 & 364<3>

Communities near Grancer ...

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

  • Leitchfield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Beaver Dam
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Morgantown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Brownsville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Caneyville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Woodbury
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodbury is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
  • Jetson
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jetson is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetson
  • Whittinghill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Whittinghill is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittinghill
  • Aberdeen
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Arnold
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Arnold is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Grancer ...

Looking for more information about Grancer? 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 Grancer, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Grancer.

Adding Grancer to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Grancer 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 Grancer was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Grancer post office opened in 1902. The Grancer post office closed in 1961.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Grancer.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Butler, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Grancer - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Grancer area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Grancer area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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