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Welcome to Grange ...

So far, we found very little information about Grange. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Grange to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Grange, please Contact Us.

Grange would have been located within present day Lawrence County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Grange, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

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

The Area Codes where Grange was located: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Grange ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Grange - they are located in Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas (2), Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario and Pennsylvania.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Grange.

Communities near Grange ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Grange to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Grange in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Grange was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Grange post office opened in 1881. The Grange post office closed in 1919.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Grange.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Grange, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Lawrence, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<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 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Grange area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Grange 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/