Granville, Texas

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Granville, Texas
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Granville
Coordinates: 31°16′53″N94°50′29″W / 31.2812962°N 94.8413206°W / 31.2812962; -94.8413206 Coordinates: 31°16′53″N94°50′29″W / 31.2812962°N 94.8413206°W / 31.2812962; -94.8413206
Country United States
State Texas
County Angelina
Elevation
269 ft (82 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 936
GNIS feature ID1381936 [1]

Granville is a ghost town in Angelina County in the U.S. state of Texas. [1] It is located within the Lufkin, Texas micropolitan area.

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History

Granville had a church and a few houses in the 1930s then had a cemetery and a few scattered houses in the early 1990s. [2]

Geography

Granville was located on Farm to Market Road 2497, 8 mi (13 km) southwest of Lufkin in southwestern Angelina County. [2]

Education

Today, the ghost town is located within the Hudson Independent School District.

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Granville, Texas
  2. 1 2 Long, Christopher (1994-01-01). "Granville, TX". tshaonline.org.