Editing Granville County, North Carolina

{{Short description|County in North Carolina, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county     = Granville County
 | state        = North Carolina
 | ex image             = Granville County Courthouse, Oxford 01.jpg
 | ex image cap         = [[Granville County Courthouse]]
 | flag                 = Granville County Flag.gif
 | seal                 = Granville County Seal.jpg
 | founded              = {{Start date and age|1746|6|28|p=1|br=1}}
 | founded title   = Established
 | named for            = [[John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville]]
 | seat wl              = Oxford
 | largest city wl      = Oxford
 | city type         = community
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 537.59
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 531.99
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 5.60
 | area percentage      = 1.04
 | population_as_of     = 2020
 | population_total     = 60992
 | pop_est_as_of        = 2023
 | population_est       = 62192 {{gain}}
 | density_sq_mi        = auto
 | coordinates          = {{coord|36.30|-78.66|type:adm2nd_region:US-NC_source:USCensusBureau2020gazetteerfiles|display=inline,title}}
 |district              =1st
 |district2              =13th
 | web     = granvillecounty.org
 }}

'''Granville County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located on the northern border of the [[U.S. state]] of [[North Carolina]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 60,992.<ref name="2020CensusQuickFacts"/> Its [[county seat]] is [[Oxford, North Carolina|Oxford]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> The county has access to [[Kerr Lake State Recreation Area|Kerr Lake]] and [[Falls Lake State Recreation Area|Falls Lake]] and is part of the [[Roanoke River|Roanoke]], [[Tar River|Tar]] and [[Neuse River|Neuse]] River [[Drainage basin|watersheds]].

==History==
===18th century===
Granville County and [[John the Baptist|St. John]]'s Parish were established on June 28, 1746, from the upper part of [[Edgecombe County, North Carolina|Edgecombe County]].<ref>{{cite book |date=1773 |title=A Complete Revisal of All the Acts of Assembly, of the Province of North-Carolina, Now in Force and Use.: Together With the Titles of All Such Laws as are Obsolete, Expired, or Repealed.: With Marginal Notes and References, and an Exact Table to the Whole |url=https://archive.org/details/completerevisalo1773nort |location=Newbern |publisher=James Davis |page=[https://archive.org/details/completerevisalo1773nort/page/104/mode/2up 104] |oclc=1042380338 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> It was named for the [[John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville]],<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n141 142]}}</ref> who as heir to one of the eight original [[Lords Proprietors]] of the [[Province of Carolina]], claimed one eighth of the land granted in the charter of 1665. The claim was established as consisting of approximately the northern half of North Carolina, and this territory came to be known as the [[Granville District]], also known as Oxford.

In 1752, parts of Granville, [[Bladen County, North Carolina|Bladen]], and [[Johnston County, North Carolina|Johnston]] counties were combined to form [[Orange County, North Carolina|Orange County]]. In 1764, the eastern part of Granville County was reassigned to the new [[Bute County, North Carolina|Bute County]]. Finally, in 1881, parts of Granville, [[Franklin County, North Carolina|Franklin]], and [[Warren County, North Carolina|Warren]] counties were taken to be combined as [[Vance County, North Carolina|Vance County]].

Like most early counties on the eastern side of the early North Carolina colony, Granville was site of the [[Tuscarora people|Tuscarora]] uprising. Once the natives were defeated in the [[Tuscarora War]], Virginia farmers and their families settled Granville County, where they concentrated on tobacco as a commodity crop. The economy of the region was dependent on slave labor, as tobacco was very labor-intensive to cultivate and process. By the start of the Civil War, Granville planters worked more than 10,000 slaves on their farms, at a time when total county population was 23,396.

===19th century===
During the [[American Civil War]], more than 2,000 men from Granville County served the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]]. One company was known as the "Granville Grays."  Most of these men fought in the major battles of the war. Surprisingly, many survived until the end of the war. Although the war brought an end to the plantation and slave labor economy that had made Granville County prosperous, the agricultural sector continued to thrive in the county. Freedmen stayed in Oxford to work, and the discovery of [[bright leaf]] tobacco stimulated the industry. Many African Americans in Granville County were already free before the start of the war; some had migrated into North Carolina as free people from Virginia in the colonial era. The [[free people of color]] before the Civil War were often descendants of families formed by unions between white women (who were free) and African or African-American men before the American Revolution.<ref>Paul Heinegg, ''Free African Americans in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina'', 1995-2005</ref> They made lasting contributions to the region, particularly through their skilled labor. Several black masons constructed homes for the county's wealthy landowners. Additionally, the bright leaf tobacco crop proved a successful agricultural product for Granville County. The sandy soil and a new tobacco crop that could be "flue-dried" proved a great incentive to farmers and tobacco manufacturers.

According to historian William S. Powell, Granville has remained a top tobacco-producing county in North Carolina for several decades. By the late 1800s and early 1900s, Oxford had become a thriving town with new industries, schools, literary institutions, and orphanages, due to jobs created by the bright tobacco crop.

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, northern Granville County, together with [[Halifax County, Virginia]], were important mining areas. Copper, tungsten, silver and gold were mined in the region. The [[Richmond and Danville Railroad|Richmond to Danville Railroad]] was a critical lifeline to the northern part of the county and provided an important link for miners and farmers to get their goods to larger markets in [[Richmond, VA|Richmond]] and [[Washington, D.C.]]

From the late 19th century into the early 20th century, whites in Granville County [[Lynching in the United States|lynched six African Americans]], a number of extralegal murders equalled by two other counties in the state. Most of these killings took place in the decades around the turn of the century. Each of the three counties is tied in having the second-highest number of lynchings per county.<ref name="eji">[https://eji.org/sites/default/files/lynching-in-america-third-edition-summary.pdf ''Lynching in America/Supplement: Lynching by County'', 3rd edition] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023063004/https://eji.org/sites/default/files/lynching-in-america-third-edition-summary.pdf |date=October 23, 2017 }}, 2017, Montgomery, Alabama: Equal Justice Initiative, p. 7</ref> Among these was a double lynching in the county seat on December 1, 1881. An armed mob of masked men stormed into the county jail, forcing the jailer to give them the keys. They took out John Brodie and Shadrack Hester, two African-American men charged with murdering a local white man. They took the prisoners to a tree near where the death took place, and hanged them.<ref name="news">[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6777422/lynching_in_granville_county/ "Lynching in North Carolina"], ''Staunton Spectator'' (VA), December 6, 1881; accessed June 15, 2018</ref>

[[File:Tobacco industry buildings in Oxford, North Carolina.jpg|thumb|Historic tobacco warehouses in Oxford]]
During the late 1800s and early 1900s, Granville County played a pivotal role as [[tobacco]] supplier for the southeast United States. With many farms and contracts tied to major tobacco companies, such as [[American Tobacco Company]], [[Lorillard]], [[Brown & Williamson]], and [[Liggett Group]], the local farmers became prosperous. During the [[Great Depression]], the tobacco fields were subject to a new plant disease. The Granville Wilt Disease, as it became known, destroyed tobacco crops all across northern [[North Carolina]]. Botanists and horticulturists found a cure for the disease at the [[Oxford Tobacco Research Station|Tobacco Research Center]] located in Oxford.

===20th century===
In August 1941, the U.S. federal government beginning planning for the development of a military facility in southern Granville County, motivated partly by its proximity to a rail line. Following the United States' entry into [[World War II]] that December, planning hastened and in January 1942 the government began ordering locals to vacate their land. The government ultimately evicted between 400 and 500 families and razed most of their homes and agricultural buildings to make way for a [[U.S. Army]] camp. Construction commenced in March and [[Camp Butner]] officially opened in August 1942. Thousands of soldiers were trained at the camp for service overseas, and it also housed a prisoner of war facility. By April 1946, activity at the facility had declined significantly and it was officially closed in January 1947.<ref name= woltz>{{cite news| last = Woltz| first = Rebecca| title = Because of Camp Butner| newspaper = Our State| date = October 29, 2024| url = https://www.ourstate.com/camp-butner/| access-date = January 25, 2025}}</ref> Following the camp's closure, its land was divided up among the U.S. [[War Assets Administration]], the [[North Carolina National Guard]], the state of North Carolina, and the dispossessed farmers who had once lived in the area.<ref name= butnerhistory>{{cite web| url = https://www.butnernc.org/connect-butner/page/incorporation| title = Town History : Incorporation| website = Butner, North Carolina| publisher = Town if Butner| access-date = January 25, 2025}}</ref> The state converted its former infirmary into a psychiatry hospital. A civilian community, [[Butner, North Carolina|Butner]], subsequently developed around the hospital's new workforce.<ref name= woltz/>

In the 1950s and 1960s, various manufacturing businesses built up across Granville County, and the region gradually became more industrialized. Today, the manufacturing industry produces cosmetics, tires, and clothing products in Granville County.

==Geography==
{{maplink|frame=yes|zoom=8|id=Q502503|type=shape-inverse|text=Interactive map of Granville County}}
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|537.59|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|531.99|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|5.60|sqmi}} (1.04%) is water.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 23, 2022 |title=2020 County Gazetteer Files – North Carolina |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_counties_37.txt |access-date=September 9, 2023 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>

===State and local protected areas===
* [[Butner-Falls of Neuse Game Land]] (part)<ref>{{Cite web |title=NCWRC Game Lands |url=https://www.ncpaws.org/ncwrcmaps/gamelands |access-date=March 30, 2023 |website=www.ncpaws.org}}</ref>
* [[Ledge Creek Forest Conservation Area]]
* [[Roberts Chapel Conservation Area]]

=== Major water bodies ===
* [[Beaver Dam Lake (North Carolina)|Beaver Dam Lake]]
* [[Beaverdam Creek (North Carolina)|Beaverdam Creek]]
* [[Coon Creek (North Carolina)|Coon Creek]]
* [[Falls Lake]]
* [[Fishing Creek (North Carolina)|Fishing Creek]]
* [[John H. Kerr Dam|Island Creek Reservoir]]
* [[John H. Kerr Reservoir]]
* [[Lake Butner (North Carolina)|Lake Butner]]
* [[Lake Devin (North Carolina)|Lake Devin]]
* [[Roanoke River]]
* [[Smith Creek (North Carolina)|Smith Creek]]
* [[Tar River]]

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Halifax County, Virginia]] – north
* [[Mecklenburg County, Virginia]] – north
* [[Vance County, North Carolina|Vance County]] – east
* [[Franklin County, North Carolina|Franklin County]] – east
* [[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake County]] – south
* [[Durham County, North Carolina|Durham County]] – southwest
* [[Person County, North Carolina|Person County]] – west

===Major highways===
* {{Jct|state=NC|I|85}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|US|15}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|US|158}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|US-Bus|158|dab1=Oxford}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|49}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|50}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|56}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|96}}

===Major infrastructure===
* [[Henderson-Oxford Airport]]

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1790= 10982
|1800= 14015
|1810= 15576
|1820= 18222
|1830= 19355
|1840= 18817
|1850= 21249
|1860= 23396
|1870= 24831
|1880= 31286
|1890= 24484
|1900= 23263
|1910= 25102
|1920= 26846
|1930= 28723
|1940= 29344
|1950= 31793
|1960= 33110
|1970= 32762
|1980= 34043
|1990= 38345
|2000= 48498
|2010= 57538
|2020=60992
|estyear=2023
|estimate=62192
|estref=<ref name="2020CensusQuickFacts"/>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 17, 2015}}</ref><br />1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=January 17, 2015}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/nc190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|date=March 27, 1995|access-date=January 17, 2015}}</ref><br />1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|date=April 2, 2001|access-date=January 17, 2015}}</ref> 2010<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/37/37077.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=October 19, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606235746/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/37/37077.html|archive-date=June 6, 2011}}</ref> 2020<ref name="2020CensusQuickFacts">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/granvillecountynorthcarolina|title=QuickFacts: Granville County, North Carolina|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 21, 2024}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Granville County racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US37077&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 23, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 33,610
| 55.11%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 18,315
| 30.03%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. census)|Native American]]
| 205
| 0.34%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. census)|Asian]]
| 366
| 0.6%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 24
| 0.04%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 2,261
| 3.71%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. census)|Latino]]
| 6,211
| 10.18%
|}

As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], there were 60,992 people, 21,400 households, and 15,182 families residing in the county.

===2017 census estimate===
At the 2017 [[Population Estimates Program|census estimate]],<ref>[http://2010.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=37 United States Census 2010, US Census Bureau] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114205057/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=37 |date=January 14, 2012 }}. Retrieved November 15, 2011</ref> there were 59,557 people in 20,628 households residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|111.6|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people}}. There were 22,827 housing units at an average density of {{convert|42.5|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the county was 58% White, 30% Black, 8% Hispanic, 2% Two or more Races, 1% Asian, 1% American Indian.

There were 20,628 households, out of which 31.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them. The average household size was 2.90. In the county, the population was spread out, with 22.3% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 12.0% from 25 to 34, 24.1% from 35 to 49, 20.7% from 50 to 64, and 12.40% who were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 114.7 males.

The median income<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPTable?_bm=y&-context=adp&-qr_name=ACS_2009_5YR_G00_DP5YR3&-ds_name=ACS_2009_5YR_G00_&-tree_id=5309&-keyword=oxford&-redoLog=true&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=05000US37077&-format=&-_lang=en US Census FactFinder] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200210220840/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPTable?_bm=y&-context=adp&-qr_name=ACS_2009_5YR_G00_DP5YR3&-ds_name=ACS_2009_5YR_G00_&-tree_id=5309&-keyword=oxford&-redoLog=true&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=05000US37077&-format=&-_lang=en |date=February 10, 2020 }} Retrieved November 15, 2011</ref> for a household in the county was $48,196, and the mean household income was $55,849. The median and mean income for a family was $56,493 and $64,311, respectively. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $21,201. About 7.6% of families and 11.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 14.4% of those under age 18 and 11.1% of those age 65 or over.

==Law and government==
Granville County is a member of the [[Councils of governments in North Carolina|Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments]].<ref>[http://www.kerrtarcog.org/ Kerr Tar Regional Council of Governments]</ref>  Granville County is governed by a commissioner/manager form of government under the laws of the state of North Carolina. Granville County has seven commissioner electoral districts.

The Granville County Commissioners are Timothy Karan(chair), Jimmy Gooch(Vice-chair), Zelodis Jay, Rob Williford, Sue Hinman, Tony Cozart and Russ May.<ref>[http://www.granvillecounty.org/government/county-commissioners/ County Commissioners]</ref>

===Politics===
Granville County was long a Democratic stronghold, for the most part, if not exclusively, only supporting Democratic candidates in presidential election until 1968, when it supported [[George Wallace]]. Today, it is somewhat of a national bellwether, having from 1992 onward supported the national winner in all the presidential elections with the exception of 2000, when it supported [[Al Gore]], and 2020, when it supported [[Donald Trump]]. 
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===Granville County Courthouse===
{{main|Granville County Courthouse}}
The Granville County Courthouse, of Greek Revival architecture,<ref name="NRHP">{{cite web|url=http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natregsearchresult.do?fullresult=true&recordid=0 |title=Granville Courthouse |date=June 24, 2003 |access-date=August 16, 2014 |author=National Park Service |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130220204509/http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natregsearchresult.do?fullresult=true&recordid=0 |archive-date=February 20, 2013 }}</ref> was built in 1840<ref name="Courthouse">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SOvTSZ397DQC&q=Granville+County%2C+North+Carolina+courthouse+building&pg=PA26 | title=Granville County, North Carolina: Looking Back | publisher=The History Press | date=2007 | access-date=August 16, 2014 | author=Bowling, Lewis | pages=26| isbn=9781596293335 }}</ref> and added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1979.

== Economy ==
In its 2025 county economic tier ratings, the [[North Carolina Department of Commerce]] classified Granville as among the state's 20 least economically distressed counties, or "tier 1".<ref name = gronberg>{{cite news| last = Gronberg| first = Ray| title = Project plans: Despite Toyota’s record investment, Randolph County slides in the state economic rankings.| newspaper = Business North Carolina| date = December 31, 2024| url = https://businessnc.com/project-plans-despite-toyotas-record-investment-randolph-county-slides-in-the-state-economic-rankings/| access-date = January 5, 2025}}</ref><ref name= lindenburg>{{cite web| url = https://www.ednc.org/12-04-2024-north-carolina-economic-development-tier-designations-released-for-2025/| title = North Carolina economic development tier designations released for 2025| last = Lindenberg| first = Alli| date = December 4, 2024| website = EducationNC| access-date = January 5, 2024}}</ref>

==Education==
The [[Granville County School System]] contains 9 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, 5 high schools

===High Schools===
* [[J.F. Webb High School]] (Oxford)
* J.F. Webb School of Health and Life Sciences
* [[Granville Central High School]] (Stem)
* Granville [[Early College]] High (affiliated with [[Vance-Granville Community College]], which has a campus in [[Butner]]) (Creedmoor)
* [[South Granville High School]] (Creedmoor)

===Middle Schools===
* Butner-Stem Middle (Butner) (traditional and year-round)
* G.C. Hawley Middle (Creedmoor)
* Mary Potter Middle (Oxford)
* Northern Granville Middle (Oxford) (traditional and year-round)

===Elementary Schools===
* Butner-Stem Elementary (Butner) (traditional and year-round)
* C.G. Credle Elementary (Oxford)
* Creedmoor Elementary (Creedmoor)
* Mt. Energy Elementary (Creedmoor)
* Stovall-Shaw Elementary (Stovall)
* Tar River Elementary (Franklinton)
* West Oxford Elementary (Oxford) (traditional and year-round)
* Wilton Elementary (Franklinton)

==Communities==
[[File:Map of Granville County North Carolina With Municipal and Township Labels.PNG|thumb|200px|Map of Granville County with municipal and township labels]]

===Cities===
* [[Creedmoor, North Carolina|Creedmoor]]
* [[Oxford, North Carolina|Oxford]] (county seat and largest community)

===Towns===
* [[Butner, North Carolina|Butner]]
* [[Stem, North Carolina|Stem]]
* [[Stovall, North Carolina|Stovall]]

===Townships===
{{div col}}
* Brassfield
* Dutchville
* Fishing Creek
* Oak Hill
* Oxford
* Salem
* Sassafras Fork
* Tally Ho
* Walnut Grove
{{div col end}}

===Unincorporated communities===
{{div col|colwidth=18em}}
* Berea
* Brassfield
* Bullock
* [[Culbreth, North Carolina|Culbreth]]
* Cozart
* Dexter
* Grassy Creek
* [[Grissom, North Carolina|Grissom]]
* [[Lewis, North Carolina|Lewis]]
* Kinton Fork
* Northside
* Oak Hill
* [[Providence, Granville County, North Carolina|Providence]]
* Shake Rag
* Shoofly
* Tally Ho
* Virgilina
* [[Wilbourns, North Carolina|Wilbourns]]
* [[Wilton, North Carolina|Wilton]]
{{div col end}}

==Notable people==
* [[Joseph Penn Breedlove]], [[Duke University]] librarian 1898–1946
* [[Tiny Broadwick]], first female parachutist
* [[Benjamin Chavis]], Civil Rights leader
* [[Franklin Wills Hancock Jr.]], former representative for [[North Carolina's 5th congressional district]]
* [[Richard H. Moore]], politician and former [[North Carolina State Treasurer]]
* [[John Penn (Continental Congress)|John Penn]], signer of the [[Declaration of independence|Declaration of Independence]]
* [[Sam Ragan]], journalist
* [[Thad Stem Jr.]], poet
* [[James E. Webb]], [[NASA]] administrator and namesake of the [[James Webb Space Telescope]]

==See also==
* [[List of counties in North Carolina]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Granville County, North Carolina]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

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{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Granville County, North Carolina
|North     = [[Mecklenburg County, Virginia]]
|Northeast = [[Mecklenburg County, Virginia]]
|East      = [[Vance County, North Carolina|Vance County]]
|Southeast = [[Franklin County, North Carolina|Franklin County]]
|South     = [[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake County]]
|Southwest = [[Durham County, North Carolina|Durham County]]
|West      = [[Person County, North Carolina|Person County]]
|Northwest = [[Halifax County, Virginia]]
}}
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