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Welcome to West Granville ...

West Granville is located in Milwaukee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Granville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1856.

A typical abbreviation for West Granville: W. Granville

West Granville is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named West Granville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named West Granville - they are located in Massachusetts and New York.

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

Communities near West Granville ...

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

  • Milwaukee
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Waukesha
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • West Allis
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Wauwatosa
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wauwatosa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauwatosa
    • Wauwatosa is located in Milwaukee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,084 people
  • New Berlin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Brookfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
    • Brookfield is located in Waukesha County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,164 people
  • Menomonee Falls
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Menomonee Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menomonee Falls
    • Menomonee Falls is located in Waukesha County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,243 people
  • Greenfield
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Oak Creek
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Franklin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Franklin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
    • Franklin is located in Milwaukee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,925 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 West Granville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for West Granville.

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

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

Adding West Granville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of West 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 for West Granville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

X2X - From that list, the West Granville post office opened in 1856.

We also found West Granville in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for West Granville.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for West Granville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Milwaukee County: www.co.milwaukee.wi.us/

The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Milwaukee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around West Granville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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