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Welcome to Grantsville ...

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

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

Grantsville would have been located within present day Nye County<2>.

Grantsville was founded in 1863.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Grantsville is 7,020 feet [2,140 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Grantsville is about 1¼ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Grantsville was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Grantsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Grantsville - they are located in Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Utah and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Grantsville ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Grantsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Grantsville 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 Grantsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Grantsville post office opened in 1879. The Grantsville post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Grantsville.

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 Grantsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Nevada's counties, including Nye, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Grantsville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/