Graniteville, Missouri

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Graniteville, Missouri
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Graniteville
Coordinates: 37°39′01″N90°40′47″W / 37.65028°N 90.67972°W / 37.65028; -90.67972
Country United States
State Missouri
County Iron
Elevation
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1,211 ft (369 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 573
GNIS feature ID718694 [1]

Graniteville is an unincorporated community in northeast Iron County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] The community is located on Missouri Route 21 approximately three-quarters of a mile east of Elephant Rocks State Park. Pilot Knob is about three miles to the southeast. [2]

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History

A post office called Graniteville was established in 1874, and remained in operation until 1913. [3] The community was named for granite quarrying near the original town site. [4]

Notable person

Tim McCabe, a Major League Baseball pitcher, was born at Graniteville in 1894. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Graniteville, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazeteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 56 ISBN   0899332242
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  4. "Iron County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 12, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. "Tim McCabe". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 12, 2016.