Welcome to Granite ...So far, we found very little information about Granite. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Granite to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Granite, please Contact Us. Granite would have been located within present day Granite County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Granite, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886. While the community is gone, the present day location for Granite is 7,000 feet [2,134 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Granite is about 1¼ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Granite was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Granite was located: 406 Communities Also Named Granite ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Montana communities named Granite: This one is located in Granite County and the other is located in Deer Lodge County. Beyond Montana, there are 23 communities that are also named Granite - they are located in British Columbia, Colorado, Idaho (4), Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada (2), New Hampshire, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia (2) and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Granite. Communities near Granite ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Granite.
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 Granite. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Granite. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Granite. 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 Granite. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Granite. See our Newspapers Page for Granite. Adding Granite to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Granite 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 Granite was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Granite. Footnotes ...
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