Granite (also Granite Canon or Granite Canyon) is an unincorporated community in

Laramie County Laramie County is a county located at the southeast corner of the state of Wyoming. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 100,512 or 17.4% of the state's total 2020 population, making it the most populous county in Wyoming, b ...

, Wyoming, United States. Its elevation is above sea level. The community is unincorporated, but has the postal designation of Granite Canon with the ZIP code of 82059. Public education in the community of Granite is provided by Laramie County School District #1. On the morning of October 4, 2018, an eastbound Union Pacific freight train collided with the rear of a stationary Union Pacific freight train in Granite Canyon. At the time of the accident, the striking train was traveling on a descending grade leading up to the point of collision. The engineer and conductor of the striking train were killed, and three locomotives and 57 cars of the striking train derailed, while nine cars of the stationary train derailed.

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Unincorporated communities in Laramie County, Wyoming Unincorporated communities in Wyoming {{Wyoming-geo-stub