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Welcome to Grant ...So far, we found very little information about Grant. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Grant to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Grant, please Contact Us. Grant would have been located within present day Grant Parish<2>. The location of Grant has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Grant, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1911. While the community is gone, the present day location for Grant is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Grant was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Grant would have been located in the (318) area code. Communities Also Named Grant ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Louisiana communities named Grant: This one is located in Grant Parish and the other is located in Allen Parish. Beyond Louisiana, there are 53 communities that are also named Grant - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California (2), Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois (2), Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (7), Kentucky (3), Michigan (4), Minnesota (2), Missouri (3), Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Mexico, New York (2), Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee (2), Texas (2), Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Grant. Communities near Grant ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Grant.
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 Grant. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Grant. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Grant. 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 Grant. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Grant. See our Newspapers Page for Grant. Adding Grant to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Grant 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 Grant was on a map titled Map of Louisiana (from Rand McNally, 1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Grant. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/ Footnotes ...
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