Graysville, Manitoba
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Graysville is an unincorporated community in south central
Manitoba Manitoba ( ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada at the Centre of Canada, longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, fifth-most populous province, with a population o ...
, Canada. It is located approximately 11 kilometers (7 miles) west of
Carman, Manitoba Carman is a small agricultural town of about 3,000 people in the Pembina Valley Region of southern Manitoba, Canada. Carman is at the junction of Highways 3 and 13, 40 minutes southwest of Winnipeg. It is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of ...
in the
Rural Municipality of Dufferin Dufferin is a rural municipality in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. The separately administered town of Carman lies near its centre. The R.M. was named after Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava who w ...
. The Post Office was opened in 1904 on the farm of George Gray where a town site had developed. There was a Gray, Saskatchewan so the name ''Graysville'' became the mail name. The community had been known as Grays. The railway point and the school district also assumed the name.


References

;Notes ;Sources * ''Geographic Names of Manitoba'' (pg. 99) - ''Graysville'' - the Millennium Bureau of Canada Unincorporated communities in Pembina Valley Region {{Manitoba-geo-stub