Editing Grant, Alabama (section)

==History==
Grant was settled in the late 1830s, and a post office was established in 1887. The town was named in honor of General [[Ulysses S. Grant]], as many residents in the area had [[Southern Unionist|supported the Union]] during the American Civil War.<ref name=eoa />

In 1924, the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]] (DAR) established the [[Kate Duncan Smith DAR School]] in Grant as part of a program to build schools in areas that lacked access to public education. The school, now listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], still serves K-12 students, and remains the only K-12 school owned and operated by the DAR.<ref name=eoa /><ref>Leslie Tucker, Christy Anderson, and Trina Brinkley, [https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/94cb16de-181b-4833-b671-d32efc4df8a3/ Kate Duncan Smith Daughters of the American Revolution School], National Register of Historic Places inventory form, November 19, 2001.</ref>