Welcome to Granville ...

Granville is located in Milwaukee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Granville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1847.

Granville is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia 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.

• Milwaukee
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Milwaukee is located in Milwaukee County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 589,067 people
• Waukesha
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Waukesha is located in Waukesha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukesha
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 72,376 people
• West Allis
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • West Allis is located in Milwaukee County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,748 people
• Wauwatosa
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Wauwatosa is located in Milwaukee County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,084 people
• New Berlin
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • New Berlin is located in Waukesha County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,812 people
• Brookfield
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Brookfield is located in Waukesha County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,164 people
• Menomonee Falls
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Menomonee Falls is located in Waukesha County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,243 people
• Greenfield
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Greenfield is located in Milwaukee County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 37,183 people
• West Bend
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • West Bend is located in Washington County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,478 people
• Mequon
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Mequon is located in Ozaukee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mequon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,765 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.

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.<3>

From that list, the Granville post office opened in 1847. The Granville post office closed in 1962.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Granville.