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Places

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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

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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 Scottish Highlands, Highlands, Scotland.Coventry, Martin. (2008). ''Castles of the Clans: The Strongholds and Seats of 750 Scotti ...


United States

* Grant, Alabama *
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 ...
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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 ** A metonym for the federal governme ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. Located within the city's central business district, the park's features include Millennium Park, Buckingham Fountain, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Museu ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 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 ...
* U.S. Grant Bridge 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

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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 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 ...
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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 **
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) 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 th ...
, 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

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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 ...
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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 *
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

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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 ...
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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 *
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 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. ...
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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

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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 th ...
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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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