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Welcome to Granville ...

Granville is located in Jackson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Granville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1837.

Granville is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Granville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Granville, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Granville: 931

The ZIP code for Granville: 38564<3>

Communities Also Named Granville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 29 communities that are also named Granville - they are located in Arizona, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa (2), Kansas (3), Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri (3), Nebraska, New York, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Pennsylvania (2), Prince Edward Island, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Yukon.

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

Communities near Granville ...

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

  • Columbus Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Columbus Hill is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus Hill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 36,071 people
  • Cookeville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Difficult
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Difficult is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Difficult
    • Estimated population in 2014: 14,993 people
  • Temperance Hall
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Temperance Hall is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance Hall
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 5,791 people
  • Lafayette
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lafayette is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,962 people
  • Carthage
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Pekin ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Pekin is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,114 people
  • Bluff Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bluff Creek is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,734 people
  • Baxter
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • South Carthage
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • South Carthage is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carthage
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,406 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Granville ...

Looking for more information about Granville? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Granville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Granville.

Adding Granville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Granville post office opened in 1837.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Granville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Granville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Granville). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Granville or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<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/