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Granville County, North Carolina

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—newspaper titles
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47historic places
—earliest paper
1746formed
60,992pop. 2020
11cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 47 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974. Most listings are in or near Oxford, Wilton, Grassy Creek.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for North Carolina is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Granville titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

10 of 47 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

47 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Abrams PlainsStovallBuilding1979
Adoniram Masonic LodgeCornwallBuilding1988
Allen-Mangum HouseGrissomDistrict1988
Amis, Rufus, House and MillVirgilinaDistrict1988
Blackwell, James, HouseCornwallDistrict1988
Bobbitt-Rogers House and Tobacco Manufactory DistrictWiltonDistrict1988
Brassfield Baptist ChurchWiltonBuilding1988
BrooklandGrassy CreekDistrict1988
Central OrphanageOxfordBuilding1988
EdgewoodGrassy CreekDistrict1988
Ellixson, William, HouseWilbournsDistrict1988
ElmwoodLewisDistrict1988
First National Bank BuildingCreedmoorBuilding1988
Freeman, James W., HouseWiltonDistrict1988
Granville County CourthouseOxfordBuilding1979
Harris-Currin HouseWiltonDistrict1988
Hart, Maurice, HouseStovallDistrict1988
Hill AiryStovallBuilding1974
Hunt, Joseph P., FarmDexterDistrict1988
Lawrence, John P., PlantationGrissomDistrict1988
Littlejohn, Joseph B., HouseOxfordBuilding1988
Locust LawnOxfordDistrict1988
Mount Energy Historic DistrictMount EnergyDistrict1988
Oak LawnHuntsboroDistrict1988
Oliver-Morton FarmOak HillDistrict1988
Oxford Historic District (Additional Documentation)OxfordDistrict1988
Oxford Historic District (Boundary Increase and Decrease)OxfordDistrict2020
Paschall-Daniel HouseOxfordDistrict1992
Peace, John Mask, HouseFairportBuilding2003
Peace, John, Jr., HouseWiltonDistrict1988
Puckett Family FarmSatterwhiteDistrict1988
Red HillBullockBuilding1986
Rose HillGrassy CreekDistrict1988
Royster, John Henry, FarmBullockDistrict1988
Royster, Marcus, PlantationWilbournsDistrict1988
Saint Catherine of Siena Catholic ChurchOxfordBuilding2023
Salem Methodist ChurchHuntsboroDistrict1988
Sherman, Elijah, FarmBereaDistrict1988
Smith, William G., HouseBullockDistrict1988
Stovall, John W., FarmStovallDistrict1988
Sycamore ValleyGrassy CreekDistrict1988
Taylor, Archibald, Plantation HouseOxfordBuilding2001
Taylor, Col. Richard P., HouseHuntsboroDistrict1988
ThorndaleOxfordDistrict1988
Tunstall, Eldon B., FarmBullockDistrict1988
Wimbish, Lewis, PlantationGrassy CreekDistrict1988
Winston, Obediah, FarmCreedmoorDistrict1988

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Granville was formed in 1746 (1746-06-28) from Edgecombe.

GRANVILLE created from EDGECOMBE; western boundary limit was indefinite.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Granville County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

61k36k11k179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
10,98214,01518,22218,81723,39631,28623,26326,84629,34431,79333,11034,04348,49860,992

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

11 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 11 of 11 listed
NameLatLon
Callahan Cemetery36.53824-78.641
Community Memorial Gardens36.21625-78.72139
Crews Family Cemetery36.36728-78.55753
Elmwood Cemetery36.3093-78.59833
Granville Memorial Park36.25736-78.6125
John Penns Grave36.45736-78.525
Meadowview Memorial Park36.35375-78.59222
Norwood Cemetery36.50443-78.74019
Plummer Cheatham Memorial Park36.30553-78.57296
Royster Cemetery36.49847-78.56389
Winston Cemetery36.50109-78.65736

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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