Editing Granite, Oregon (section)

==Economy==
In 1942, during World War II, the [[War Production Board]] shut down gold mining in the United States via Order No. L-208.<ref name="gold timeline">{{cite web|title=Timeline of History, Price and Economics of U.S. Gold|url=http://www.tchistory.org/TCHISTORY/Gold_Timeline.htm|publisher=Tuolumne County Historical Society|access-date=July 27, 2013}}</ref> The board deemed gold mining to be non-essential to the war effort, and it wanted gold miners to mine "essential" metals instead.<ref name="gold timeline"/> Since Granite depended so heavily on gold mining, its economy collapsed when the mines shut down.<ref name="Chamber of Commerce"/> Telephone and electric services to Granite ceased after the war.<ref name="Chamber of Commerce"/> From 86 residents in 1940, the city's population dropped to 2 in 1960.<ref name="Chamber of Commerce"/>

By 1990, the population had grown again to 10.<ref name="Chamber of Commerce"/> In 2000, the population reached 24,<ref name="Moffatt"/> and telephone service was restored.<ref name="Chamber of Commerce"/> As of 2002, Granite had two employers: The Outback&mdash;which sold food, fuel, and supplies&mdash;and The Lodge.<ref name="Infrastructure Authority"/>

{{As of|2017|September}} the population remains at 24. As of 2025, the Outback has shut down and the Lodge is shut down and for sale.