Welcome to Grainton ...The village of Grainton is located in Perkins County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Grainton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1918. Grainton is 3,290 feet [1,003 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Grainton is about ½ mile [or 1 km] above sea level. Time Zone: Grainton lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Grainton (for example, toward Wallace), you will soon leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Area Code for Grainton: 308 Communities near Grainton ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Grainton.
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 Grainton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Grainton. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Grainton. 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 Grainton. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Grainton. See our Newspapers Page for Grainton. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Grainton ...Looking for more information about Grainton? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Grainton, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Grainton. Adding Grainton to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Grainton 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 Grainton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Grainton. Footnotes ...
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