Graniteville, Missouri

Graniteville, Missouri
Unincorporated community
Graniteville
Graniteville
Coordinates: 37°39′01″N 90°40′47″W / 37.65028°N 90.67972°W / 37.65028; -90.67972Coordinates: 37°39′01″N 90°40′47″W / 37.65028°N 90.67972°W / 37.65028; -90.67972
Country United States
State Missouri
County Iron
Elevation 1,211 ft (369 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 573
GNIS feature ID 718694[1]

Graniteville is an unincorporated community in Iron County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]

History

A post office called Graniteville was established in 1874, and remained in operation until 1913.[2] The community was named for granite quarrying near the original town site.[3]

Notable person

Tim McCabe, a Major League Baseball pitcher, was born at Graniteville in 1894.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Graniteville, Missouri
  2. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Iron County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Tim McCabe". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 12 October 2016.


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