Do you know of Granite ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Granite. 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 Granite.

We found mention of Granite as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Adams County, Pennsylvania.

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.

Communities Also Named Granite ...

We found 23 communities that share the name Granite.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Granite is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 23 communities, 22 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
  - Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Granite.
- Colorado
  - Chaffee County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Granite [Chaffee County].
- Idaho
  - Boise County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Granite [Boise County].
  - Bonner County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Granite [Bonner County].
  - Kootenai County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Granite [Kootenai County].
  - Shoshone County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Granite [Shoshone County].
- Iowa
  - Lyon County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Granite [Lyon County].
- Maine
  - Hancock County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Granite [Hancock County].
- Maryland
  - Baltimore County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Granite [Baltimore County].
- Michigan
  - Marquette County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Granite [Marquette County].
- Montana
  - Deer Lodge County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Granite [Deer Lodge County].
  - Granite County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Granite [Granite County].
- Nevada
  - Mineral County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Granite [Mineral County].
  - Nye County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Granite [Nye County].
- New Hampshire
  - Carroll County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Granite [Carroll County].
- New York
  - Ulster County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Granite [Ulster County].
- Oklahoma
  - Greer County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Granite [Greer County].
- Oregon
  - Grant County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Granite [Grant County].
- Tennessee
  - Anderson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Granite [Anderson County].
- Utah
  - Salt Lake County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Granite [Salt Lake County].
- Virginia
  - Chesterfield County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Granite [Chesterfield County].
  - Richmond City
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Granite [Richmond City].
- Wyoming
  - Laramie County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Granite [Laramie County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Granite ...

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

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

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Granite.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/30400 (Place Name: Granite (Granite Hill))

County: Adams (FIPS State/County: 42/001)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Granite) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in Adams 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 Adams County.

Footnotes ...

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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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Granite 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.