Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Granite Quarry came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Granite Quarry in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Granite Quarry. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Granite Quarry data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Granite Quarry:
Services available in 1895: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

Rand McNally Map of North Carolina (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for North Carolina (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Granite Quarry is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Granite Quarry in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Granite Quarry for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Granite Quarry. See our Misc Page for Granite Quarry for more information.