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History · Granger

Granger dates to 1874, and 29% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1951 on and the census since 1880.

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How Granger began

When was Granger founded?

1874

Granger dates its founding to 1874 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1880.

First census: 47 in 18802020 census: 22152 years
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1875.The full story ↓

What stands out about Granger’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Granger are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 189 in 1920; 22 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Granger’s history is told.

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People over time

Granger, census by census

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Peaked at 189 in 1920; 22 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1880–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Granger’s Wikipedia page.

The story

How Granger came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Granger.

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The town was laid out and surveyed by Henry Hill in September 1874. Its name pays homage to the Grange Movement, popular in rural America at that time. Granger was incorporated by petition to the Scotland county court on July 3, 1912. Adjacent to the Burlington Northern Railroad, Granger's business district at the time of incorporation included three general stores, two hotels, a bank, drug store, hardware store, grocer, meat market barber shop, livery, and blacksmith. Although no official census was taken of the community in 1910, contemporary estimates place the population at between 150 and 200 residents.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Granger, 1874 to 1965

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1874
    FoundingGranger is established
  3. 1875Post officeThe Granger post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1920CensusPopulation peaks at 189
  6. 1951On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1965Post officeThe Granger post office closes
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On the map

Granger on the map in 1951

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Granger.

Granger on the 1951 USGS map1951Wyaconda sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Granger.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Granger had its own post office from 1875 to 1965.

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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Granger’s history

What year was Granger founded?

In 1874, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Granger’s post office opened in 1875, and the census of 1880 counted 47 people here.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.