Graniteville, Missouri

Graniteville, Missouri
Unincorporated community
Graniteville is located in Missouri
Graniteville
Graniteville
Graniteville is located in the United States
Graniteville
Graniteville
Coordinates: 37°39′01″N 90°40′47″W / 37.65028°N 90.67972°W / 37.65028; -90.67972
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyIron
Elevation
[1]
1,211 ft (369 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code573
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]

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c 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.


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