Grant or Grants may refer to:
Places
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Grant County (disambiguation) Grant County may refer to:
Places
;Australia
* County of Grant, Victoria
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*Grant County, Arkansas
*Grant County, Indiana
*Grant County, Kansas
*Grant County, Kentucky
*Grant County, Minnesota
*Grant County, Nebraska
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Australia
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Grant, Queensland
Grant is a former rural locality in the Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Grant had a population of 11 people.
On 22 November 2019 the Queensland Government decided to amalgamate the localities in the Barcaldine Region, resultin ...
, a locality in the Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia
United Kingdom
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Castle Grant
Castle Grant stands a mile north of Grantown-on-Spey and was the former seat of the Clan Grant chiefs of Strathspey in Highlands, Scotland.Coventry, Martin. (2008). ''Castles of the Clans: The Strongholds and Seats of 750 Scottish Families and Cl ...
United States
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Grant, Alabama
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Grant, Inyo County, California
Grant is an unincorporated community in Inyo County
Inyo County () is a county in the eastern central part of the U.S. state of California, located between the Sierra Nevada and the state of Nevada. In the 2020 census, the population w ...
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Grant, Colorado
Grant is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office in Park County, Colorado, United States.
Description
The community is located in foothills of the Front Range in the upper valley of the North Fork South Platte River, approximately ...
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Grant-Valkaria, Florida
Grant-Valkaria is a town in Brevard County, Florida. The town's population was 3,850 at the 2010 United States Census.
Grant-Valkaria is located south of Melbourne, Florida, Melbourne, between Palm Bay, Florida, Palm Bay and Sebastian, Florida, S ...
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Grant, Iowa
Grant is a city in Montgomery County, Iowa, United States. The population was 86 at the time of the 2020 census.
History
Grant is named for Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States. Its commercial district, which was developed from ...
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Grant, Michigan
Grant is a city in Newaygo County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 952 at the 2020 census. The city is adjacent to Grant Township and Ashland Township. It is a part of the Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, Michigan combined sta ...
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Grant, Minnesota
Grant is a city in Washington County, Minnesota, and a suburb of St. Paul. The population was 4,096 at the time of the 2010 census.
History
The city was named for Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bur ...
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Grant, Nebraska
Grant is a city and county seat of Perkins County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,165 at the 2010 census.
History
Grant was platted in 1886 when the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was extended to that point. The city i ...
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Grant, Ohio
Grant is an unincorporated community in Hardin County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
History
A post office called Grant was established in 1863, and remained in operation until 1913. The community was named for General Ulysses S. Grant
U ...
, an unincorporated community
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Grant, Washington
Grant is an unincorporated community in Mason County, in the U.S. state of Washington
Washington commonly refers to:
* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
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Grant, Wisconsin (disambiguation) Grant is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Wisconsin:
*Grant County, Wisconsin
Grant County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 51,938. Its county seat is Lancaster. The coun ...
(six towns)
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Grant City, Indiana
Grant City is an unincorporated community in Wayne Township, Henry County, Indiana.
History
Grant City was platted in October 1868. It was named for Ulysses S. Grant, then known for his role as Commanding General of the United States Army
T ...
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Grant City, Missouri
Grant City is a city in, and the county seat of, Worth County, Missouri, United States. The population was 859 at the 2010 census.
History
Grant City was laid out in 1864. The community has the name of General Ulysses S. Grant, afterward 18th Pre ...
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Grant City, Staten Island
Grant City is the name of a neighborhood located on the East Shore of Staten Island, New York City.
To the east of Grant City lies Midland Beach, and a high cliff to the west of Richmond Road separates Grant City from Todt Hill. New Dorp is s ...
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Grant Lake (disambiguation) Grant Lake may refer to:
* Grant Lake (Mono County, California)
* Grant Lake (Santa Clara County, California)
* Grant Lake (Douglas County, Minnesota)
See also
* Grant (disambiguation)
Grant or Grants may refer to:
Places
*Grant County (disambi ...
, several lakes
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Grant Park, Illinois
Grant Park is a village in northeastern Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. Grant Park was incorporated in 1883. In 2010, Grant Park had a population of 1,331. It is part of the Kankakee–Bradley Metropolitan Statistical Area. Much of ...
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Grant Park (Chicago)
Grant Park is a large urban park in the Chicago Loop, Loop Community areas in Chicago, community area of Chicago, Illinois. Located within the city's central business district, the park's features include Millennium Park, Buckingham Fountain, th ...
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Grant Town, West Virginia
Grant Town is a town in Marion County, West Virginia, in the eastern United States. The population was 690 at the 2020 census.
The town was formed in 1901 with the opening of the Federal Coal and Coke Company bituminous coal mine, and was named ...
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Grant Township (disambiguation) Grant Township may refer to:
Arkansas
* Grant Township, Johnson County, Arkansas, in Johnson County, Arkansas
Illinois
* Grant Township, Lake County, Illinois
* Grant Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
Indiana
* Grant Township, Benton County, ...
(100 townships in 12 states)
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Grant Village
Grant Village is a developed area of Yellowstone National Park, offering lodging, camping and other visitor services. It is located on the southwest side of Yellowstone Lake, about south of West Thumb Geyser Basin. Grant Village was developed by ...
in Yellowstone National Park
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Grants, New Mexico
Grants is a city in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States. It is located about west of Albuquerque. The population was 9,163 at the 2020 Census. It is the county seat of Cibola County.
Grants is located along the Trails of the Ancients B ...
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Grants Pass, Oregon
Grants Pass is the county seat of Josephine County, Oregon, United States. The city is located on Interstate 5, northwest of Medford, along the Rogue River. The population was 39,189 at the 2020 census.
History
Early Hudson's Bay Company hunt ...
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U.S. Grant Bridge over Ohio River and Scioto River
*General Grant National Memorial aka
Grant's Tomb
India
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Jolly Grant Airport
Dehradun Airport , also known as Jolly Grant Airport, is a domestic airport serving Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand, India, located 25 km south of the city. Commercial operations began on 30 March 2008, after a runway extension to accommo ...
Dehradun, Uttarakhand
Canada
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Rural Municipality of Grant No. 372
The Rural Municipality of Grant No. 372 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 15 and Division No. 5. The RM's office is located in Vonda.
History
The RM of ...
, Saskatchewan
People
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Grant (given name)
Grant is an English given name derived from the French ''grand'' meaning 'tall' or 'large'. It was originally a nickname given to those with remarkable size.
Notable people with the given name "Grant" include
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*Grant Achatz (born 1974), Amer ...
, including a list of people and fictional characters
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Grant (surname)
Grant is an English, Scottish, and French surname derived from the French ''graund'' meaning 'tall' or 'large'. It was originally a nickname given to those with remarkable size.
Notable people with the surname "Grant" include
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* Aaron Grant (1 ...
, including a list of people and fictional characters
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Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Ar ...
(1822–1885), the 18th president of the United States and general of the Union during the American Civil War
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Cary Grant
Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904November 29, 1986) was an English-American actor. He was known for his Mid-Atlantic accent, debonair demeanor, light-hearted approach to acting, and sense of comic timing. He was one o ...
(1904–1986), actor
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Justice Grant (disambiguation) Justice Grant or Judge Grant, may refer to:
* Britt Grant (born 1978), justice of the Georgia Supreme Court
* Claudius B. Grant (1835–1921), chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court
* John T. Grant (judge) (1920–2010), associate justice of t ...
, judges named Grant
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Clan Grant
Clan Grant is a Highland Scottish clan.
History
Origins
One theory is that the ancestors of the chiefs of Clan Grant came to Scotland with the Normans to England where the name is found soon after the conquest of that country, although some h ...
, a Highland Scottish clan
Art, entertainment, and media
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''Grant'' (book), a 2017 biography of Ulysses S. Grant by Ron Chernow
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''Grant'' (miniseries), a 2020 miniseries based on the Chernow book
*"Grant", a poem by Patti Smith from her 1978 book
''Babel''
Businesses
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Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc.
Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. is a fantasy and science fiction small press publisher in New Hampshire that was founded in 1964. It is notable for publishing fantasy and horror novels with lavish illustrations, most notably Stephen King's Th ...
, a fantasy and science fiction small press publisher in New Hampshire
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W. T. Grant
W. T. Grant or Grants was a United States-based chain of mass-merchandise stores founded by William Thomas Grant that operated from 1906 until 1976. The stores were generally of the variety store format located in downtowns.
History
In 1906 the ...
variety store, a chain of mass-merchandise stores
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William Grant & Sons
William Grant & Sons Ltd is an independent, family-owned Scottish company that distills Scotch whisky and other selected categories of spirits. It was established in 1887 by William Grant, and is run by Grant's descendants as of 2018. It is th ...
, a Scotch whisky distilling company
Law and philanthropy
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Grant (law)
A grant, in law, is a transfer of property, generally from a person or other entity giving the property (the grantor) to a person or entity receiving the property (the grantee).
Historically, a grant was a transfer by deed of that which could not ...
, a term in conveyancing
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Grant (money)
A grant is a funding, fund given by an end entity grant – often a Government, public body, charitable foundation, or a specialised grant-making institution – to an individual or another entity (usually, a non-profit organisation, sometimes a ...
, an award usually funded by a government, business, or foundation, often with not-for-profit preconditions
* Spanish and Mexican
land grants in New Mexico
The Spanish, and later the Mexican, government encouraged settlement of the '' Territorio de Nuevo Mexico'' by the establishment of large land grants, many of which were turned into ranchos, devoted to the raising of cattle and sheep. The owner ...
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Spanish land grants in Florida
Spanish land grants documented claims of land ownership when Spain ceded the territory of Florida to the United States in 1821. Under Spanish rule, land grants were offered to settlers beginning in 1790, to induce settlement of the colony. The Unit ...
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Grant v Torstar Corp
''Grant v Torstar Corp'', , is a 2009 Supreme Court of Canada decision on the defences to the tort of defamation. The Supreme Court ruled that the law of defamation should give way to the rights of a party to speak on matters of public interest, ...
'', a leading Supreme Court of Canada case on responsible communication in the public interest as a defence against defamation
Other uses
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Grant (automobile)
The Grant Motor Co was an American automobile manufacturing company which produced automobiles from 1913 to 1922. The company was based in Findlay, Ohio. The company produced several thousand four and six cylinder automobiles and even exported ca ...
, a defunct Findlay, Ohio auto manufacturer
*Grant, colloquial term for a
United States fifty-dollar bill
The United States fifty-dollar bill ($50) is a Denomination (currency), denomination of United States dollar, United States currency. The 18th President of the United States, U.S. president (1869-1877), Ulysses S. Grant, is featured on the obver ...
which bears a portrait of President Ulysses S. Grant
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Cyclone Grant
Tropical Cyclone Grant was a tropical cyclone that affected Queensland and the Northern Territory in late December 2011 and early January 2012.
Meteorological history
On 21 December, the United States Joint Typhoon Warning Center and the Tropica ...
, a tropical cyclone that made landfall near Darwin, Australia, in late-December 2011
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Grant of arms
A grant of arms or a governmental issuance of arms are actions, by a lawful authority such as an officer of arms or State Herald, conferring on a person and his or her descendants the right to bear a particular coat of arms or armorial bearings. ...
in nobility
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M3 Lee, an American tank, a modified version was called the ''Grant''
See also
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Justice Grant (disambiguation) Justice Grant or Judge Grant, may refer to:
* Britt Grant (born 1978), justice of the Georgia Supreme Court
* Claudius B. Grant (1835–1921), chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court
* John T. Grant (judge) (1920–2010), associate justice of t ...
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Grant Thornton (disambiguation) Grant Thornton may refer to:
* Grant Thornton International, a professional services network
* Grant Thornton LLP, a U.S. accounting firm
* Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton, a Canadian accounting firm
* Grant Thornton Tower, an office tower in Chica ...
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