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History · Granger

Granger’s post office opened in 1869, and 18% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Granger Station. Below: maps from 1961 on and the census since 1920.

1869first post office
1on the National Register
18%homes built before 1940
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How Granger began

When was Granger founded?

1869

The Granger post office opened in 1869, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 136 in 19202020 census: 98157 years
Founding year: the first Granger post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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 177 in 1980; 98 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

0100192019401960198020002020Peak: 177

Peaked at 177 in 1980; 98 people lived here in 2020.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

The story so far

Granger, in brief

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

Granger is a town along Blacks Fork near the western edge of Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. As of the 2020 census, Granger had a population of 98. It is located near the confluence of the Blacks Fork and the Hams Fork rivers. The geography of the area is flat with semi-arid scrub.

Its first post office opened in 1869. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 139 to 98 (-29%).

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

Timeline

Granger, 1856 to 1980

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1856BuiltGranger Station is built
  3. 1869Post officeThe Granger post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1961On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 177
By decade

Granger, decade by decade

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On the map

Granger on the map, 1961 to 1980

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

Granger on the 1961 USGS mapGranger on the 1980 USGS map1961Granger 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.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Granger

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1970
Granger Station
Granger Station, built 1856
Sites
Granger StationBuilt 1856

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Questions about Granger’s history

What year was Granger founded?

The Granger post office opened in 1869, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Granger?

One place: the Granger Station (listed 1970).

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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 (6), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.