Do you know of Granger ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Granger. 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 Granger.<1>
Our sources for Granger (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 Granger other than they indicate that Granger would be found somewhere in Allegany County, New York.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1842 and closed in 1900.
Communities Also Named Granger ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Granger.
Within New York, the name Granger is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Florida
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Saint Joseph County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Granger [Saint Joseph County].
- Iowa
- Dallas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Granger [Dallas County].
- Kansas
- Minnesota
- Fillmore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Granger [Fillmore County].
- Missouri
- Scotland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Granger [Scotland County].
- Nebraska
- Scotts Bluff County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Granger [Scotts Bluff County].
- Ohio
- Medina County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Granger [Medina County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Granger.
- Oregon
- Texas
- Montgomery County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Granger [Montgomery County].
- Williamson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Granger [Williamson County].
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Granger [Salt Lake County].
- Washington
- Yakima County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Granger [Yakima County].
- Wyoming
- Sweetwater County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Granger [Sweetwater County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Granger ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Granger:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Granger - Services available: had a Post Office, Express Office, no Railroad mentioned
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)
Rand McNally Map of New York (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Allegany 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 Allegany County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Granger could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |