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History · Granville

Granville’s post office opened in 1888, and 43% of its homes were built before 1940

1888first post office
0on the National Register
43%homes built before 1940
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How Granville began

When was Granville founded?

1888

The Granville post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1900.

2020 census: 240138 years
Founding year: the first Granville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1900.

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What year was Granville founded?

The Granville post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1900.

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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 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.