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History · Granville

Granville dates to 1781, and 27% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1915 on, and the census since 1790.

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0on the National Register
27%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
2famous people
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Quick answers

How Granville began

When was Granville founded?

1781

Granville dates its founding to 1781 (Wikidata). It appears in the first U.S. census, 1790.

First census: 101 in 17902020 census: 301245 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1826.

What stands out about Granville’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 830 in 1880; 301 people lived here in 2020.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Granville, and 2 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19153 editions of the USGS map, 1915 to 1997. Watch Granville change.
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Start Granville’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Granville’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo2 archive items have no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewCrude Products: Bolts and Handicraft - …: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
People over time

Granville, census by census

020040060080018001850190019502000Peak: 830

Peaked at 830 in 1880; 301 people lived here in 2020.

24 censuses, 1790–2020.

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

Places that used to be

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

Granville’s post office has been open since 1835. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Kingston
1826–1835
Granville
1835–today
East Granville
1868–1962
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
East GranvilleLower Granville
Gone or out of use
North Hollow SchoolschoolTexas Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Granville
ElmwoodHubbardNorth HollowSouth Hollow

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

The story so far

Granville, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Granville yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Granville is a town in Addison County, Vermont, United States. The population was 301 at the 2020 census. The town was originally called Kingston but was renamed in 1833. Granville was one of thirteen Vermont towns isolated by flooding caused by Hurricane Irene in 2011.

Granville was established in 1781. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 298 in 2010, 301 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

From the old history books

What they wrote about Granville in 1886

Passages that mention Granville, cut from the printed page as they were published.

The Vermont Central Railroad touches the northeastern corner of the town of Granville, but exerts only a slight influence on this county. By the subsequent organization of the present Central Vermont Railroad Company, however, these roads all came under its control, and are now op- 9
History of Addison county Vermont, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers1886 · page 125Read the page →
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The Vermont Central Railroad touches the northeastern corner of the town of Granville, but exerts only a slight influence on this county. By the subsequent organization of the present Central Vermont Railroad Company, however, these roads all came under its control, and are now op- 9

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HE town of Granville, situated in the eastern part of the county, is J[ bounded on the north by the town of Warren and a part of Roxbury in Washington county ; east by Braintree, in Orange county ; south by Hancock, and west by Ripton and a small part of Lincoln. It was granted by Governor Thomas C…
History of Addison county Vermont, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers1886 · page 461Read the page →
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HE town of Granville, situated in the eastern part of the county, is J[ bounded on the north by the town of Warren and a part of Roxbury in Washington county ; east by Braintree, in Orange county ; south by Hancock, and west by Ripton and a small part of Lincoln. It was granted by Governor Thomas Chittenden on the 7th of November, 1780, and chartered August 2, 1 78 1, to the following proprietors: Reuben King, James Lusk, Daniel King, Robert Graham, James Mead, Joseph Farnsworth, Justus Mitchell, John Stanford, John Stanford, jr., John May, Ira Allen, Daniel Beaman, Ebenezer

Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.

Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Timeline

Granville, 1781 to 1962

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

  1. 18th century
  2. 1781
    FoundingGranville is established
  3. 19th century
  4. 1826Post officeThe Kingston post office opens
  5. 1831Born hereAbraham X. Parker is born here
  6. 1835Post officeThe Kingston post office closes
  7. 1835Post officeThe Granville post office opens
  8. 1840Born hereBenjamin A. Cady is born here
  9. 1868Post officeThe East Granville post office opens
  10. 1880CensusPopulation peaks at 830
  11. 20th century
  12. 1915On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  13. 1962Post officeThe East Granville post office closes
By decade

Granville, decade by decade

Date unknown2 to date
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Today2 recent
Lower2012LowerGranville vt highlight2004Granville vt highlight
On the map

Granville on the map, 1915 to 1997

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Granville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Granville on the 1915 USGS mapGranville on the 1970 USGS mapGranville on the 1997 USGS map1915Rochester 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.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Crude Products: Bolts and Handicraft - Vermont
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Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Granville’s page.

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Famous people

2 famous people were born in Granville

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Abraham X. ParkerAmerican politician · b. 1831
Benjamin A. CadyAmerican politician · b. 1840
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Ripton2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBraintree1 historic placeB+Warren2 historic placesA−LincolnIts storyBHancockIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRochester1 historic placeA−

Questions about Granville’s history

What year was Granville founded?

In 1781, according to Wikidata. Granville’s post office opened in 1826, and the first U.S. census counted 101 people here in 1790.

Memory lane

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

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Sources

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 Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.