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Do you know of Grantville ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Grantville. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Grantville.

Our sources for Grantville (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Grantville other than they indicate that Grantville would be found somewhere in Buncombe County, North Carolina.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1871 and closed  in 1906.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Grantville ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Grantville.

Within North Carolina, the name Grantville is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Cherokee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Grantville [Cherokee County].
    • California
      • San Diego County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Grantville [San Diego County].
    • Connecticut
      • Litchfield County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Grantville [Litchfield County].
    • Georgia
      • Coweta County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Grantville [Coweta County].
      • Greene County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Grantville [Greene County].
    • Kansas
      • Jefferson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Grantville [Jefferson County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Norfolk County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Grantville [Norfolk County].
    • New York
      • Saint Lawrence County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Grantville [Saint Lawrence County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Grantville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Dauphin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Grantville [Dauphin County].
    • Tennessee
      • Montgomery County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Grantville [Montgomery County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Grantville ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Grantville:

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

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Grantville - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

More Orphans in  Buncombe County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Buncombe County.

Alice 
AloraLakeview Park
AltoLaurel Hill
Asheville Station 
 Malatt
BellMartel Village
Blue RidgeMascot
BrooksMorgan Hill
  
Carrier's SpringsNew Bridge
Catoosa 
CleelumOlivette
Cletus 
Cooper'sPinnacle
Court HouseProviso
  
DenmarkRamoth
DunsmoreResthaven
 Riverside
Facerock 
FoxvilleSayles
French BroadShope
 South Biltmore
Gem 
Glady ForkTaft
Glen InglisTerrell
GlenrockTweed
Gudger's Mills 
 Vanceville
Hickory Nut GapVolga
Hominy Creek 
 Western Hills
Inanda 

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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