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History · Granger

Granger dates to 1838, and 24% of its homes were built before 1940

1838founded
0on the National Register
24%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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How Granger began

When was Granger founded?

1838

Granger dates its founding to 1838 (Wikidata). Its post office opened in 1820.

2020 census: 519188 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1820.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.Deep rootsEstablished in 1838: 188 years of Granger.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Granger’s history is told.

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Timeline

Granger, 1820 to 1900

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1820Post officeThe Short Tract post office opens
  3. 1830Born hereHenry M. Teller is born here
  4. 1838
    FoundingGranger is established
  5. 1842Post officeThe Granger post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1900Post officeThe Short Tract post office closes
  8. 1900Post officeThe Granger post office closes
The story

How Granger came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Granger.

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Granger was part of the Morris Tract and called by the natives Sho-ne-ti-yea.

The area was first settled circa 1816. The town of Granger was established in 1838 from the town of Grove, after having been part of many towns incorporated earlier in Livingston County and Allegany County. At the time the town was established it was called "West Grove", but assumed its current name in the next year, 1839.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Granger had its own post office from 1842 to 1900. Another post office, Short Tract, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Short Tract
1820–1900
Granger
1842–1900
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Short Tract
Gone or out of use
School Number 12schoolSchool Number 6school
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Granger
Short TractWeaver Settlement

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

HumeIts storyB+GroveIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAllenIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPortage2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Granger’s history

What year was Granger founded?

In 1838, according to Wikidata. Granger’s post office opened in 1820.

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.