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Grant County (disambiguation) Grant County may refer to: Places ;Australia * County of Grant, Victoria ;United States *Grant County, Arkansas *Grant County, Indiana *Grant County, Kansas *Grant County, Kentucky *Grant County, Minnesota *Grant County, Nebraska *Grant Co ...


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

* Castle Grant


United States

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Grant, Alabama Grant is a town in Marshall County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of Grant was 1,039, up from 896 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. The town was incorporated on ...
* Grant, Inyo County, California *
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 ...
* Grant, Michigan *
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 ...
* Grant, Ohio, an unincorporated community *
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 ** A metonym for the federal governme ...
* Grant, Wisconsin (disambiguation) (six towns) * Grant City, Indiana *
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 ...
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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 ...
* Grant Park (Chicago) * Grant Town, West Virginia * Grant Township (disambiguation) (100 townships in 12 states) * Grant Village in Yellowstone National Park *
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 Byw ...
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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 The U.S. Grant Bridge is the name of the two bridges that carry and have carried traffic on U.S. Route 23 between Portsmouth, Ohio and South Portsmouth, Kentucky (just west of the city of South Shore) across the Ohio River in the United States. ...
over Ohio River and Scioto River *General Grant National Memorial aka
Grant's Tomb Grant's Tomb, officially the General Grant National Memorial, is the final resting place of Ulysses S. Grant, 18th president of the United States, and his wife, Julia Grant. It is a classical domed mausoleum in the Morningside Heights neighborho ...


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

* Rural Municipality of Grant No. 372, 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 A *Grant Achatz (born 1974), Amer ...
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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 A * Aaron Grant (1 ...
, including a list of people and fictional characters **
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 **
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 ** Justice Grant (disambiguation), judges named Grant *
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

* ''Grant'' (book), a 2017 biography of Ulysses S. Grant by Ron Chernow * ''Grant'' (miniseries), a 2020 miniseries based on the Chernow book *"Grant", a poem by Patti Smith from her 1978 book ''Babel''


Businesses

* Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc., a fantasy and science fiction small press publisher in New Hampshire *
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 *
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 the ...
, a Scotch whisky distilling company


Law and philanthropy

* Grant (law), a term in conveyancing *
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 * Spanish land grants in Florida *''
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

* Grant (automobile), a defunct Findlay, Ohio auto manufacturer *Grant, colloquial term for a United States fifty-dollar bill which bears a portrait of President Ulysses S. Grant *
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 * Grant of arms in nobility *
M3 Lee The M3 Lee, officially Medium Tank, M3, was an American medium tank used during World War II. The turret was produced in two forms, one for US needs and one modified to British requirements to place the radio next to the commander. In British Co ...
, an American tank, a modified version was called the ''Grant''


See also

* * * Justice Grant (disambiguation) * Grant Thornton (disambiguation) {{disambig, geo