The Granville Township post office opened in 1866, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Strodes Mills (1832), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 4,629160 years
How historic is Granville Township?
B
More historic than 58% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Granville Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Granville Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Granville Township is more historic than 58% of U.S. towns, #616 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its age pulls it down.
B
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Granville Township’s overall grade.
Pennsylvania towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Pennsylvania town has 2.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Granville Township’s 2.2 sits near the middle of its state (58% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to B+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.9 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Granville Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Granville Township on the map, 1924 to 1973
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Granville Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1924Lewistown sheet · 1:62,500
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Granville Township.
The story so far
Granville Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Granville Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Granville is a census-designated place located in Granville Township, Mifflin County in the state of Pennsylvania, United States. It is located near the Juniata River in south-central Mifflin County. As of the 2010 census, the population was 440 residents.
Its first post office opened in 1866. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 5,104 to 4,629 (-9%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Granville Township, 1832 to 1953
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Granville Township post office opened in 1866, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Granville Township rank for history?
Granville Township is more historic than 58% of U.S. towns, #616 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Granville Township?
One place: the Pennsylvania Main Line Canal, Juniata Division, Canal Section (listed 2002).
How old are the homes in Granville Township?
22% of Granville Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.9 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1971.
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).
From the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.
