Granger is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Bristol Township,
Fillmore County,
Minnesota
Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...
, United States.
History
Granger was
plat
In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Survey System, Public Lands Surveys to ...
ted in 1857. A post office was established at Granger in 1857, and remained in operation until 1992. The community was named after Brown L. Granger, an early postmaster.
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See also
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Florenceville, Iowa - Granger is on the border next to Florenceville, Iowa
Notes
Unincorporated communities in Fillmore County, Minnesota
Unincorporated communities in Minnesota
1857 establishments in Minnesota Territory
Populated places established in 1857
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