Name: Granite

County: Laramie

Authority Name:

GNIS Entry

Longitude:  1050930W

Latitude: 410600N

Legal Description:

Elevation: 7336/2236

(ft/m)

Feature Type: Populated Place

Origin of Name:

Named for the massive amounts of ridges and stones that mark the countryside.

Source: WPA

Granite Canyon, a railway station with a store, a gasoline pump, and springs of pure water, was named for the heaps and ridges of stone that marked the countryside.

Source: Wyoming Guide

Other Names: Granite Canon, Granite Canyon

Alternative Spellings:

History:

Granite Canyon was a station on the Overland Route and Union Pacific Railroad between Otto and Ozone.

Source: Guidebook of the Western United States   

Granite Canyon Post Office was established in June, 1872 and discontinued in August, 1873. Granite Canon Post Office was established in December, 1883.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

Granite Canon was a station on the Union Pacific Railroad in Laramie County, 19 miles west from Cheyenne.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11  

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Granite

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