Granite, Iowa

Unincorporated community in Iowa, United States

43°28′08″N 96°33′23″W / 43.46889°N 96.55639°W / 43.46889; -96.55639CountryUnited StatesStateIowaCountyLyonTownship SiouxElevation

1,309 ft (399 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code712GNIS feature ID464568^[1]

Granite is an unincorporated community in Lyon County, Iowa, United States, near the historic Blood Run Site and the Gitchie Manitou State Preserve.^[1]

Geography

Granite is the most northwestern community in Iowa near the banks of the Big Sioux River, about 7 miles outside the city limits of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, it is also 6 miles west/northwest of Larchwood. It is located 2.5 miles west of Iowa Highway 9, 2 miles south of the South Dakota state line and 1 mile west.

History

Granite was founded on June 12, 1886, at the request of the owners of the land, Richard and Bessie Pettigrew. The community of Iuka was then officially filed on March 14, 1887. The name of Iuka later on changed to Granite in late 1887. Granite's population was 53 in 1902,^[2] and 51 in 1925.^[3]

Industry and Threshing Bee

A manufacturing company called Miller Loaders exists on the East Side of town. It creates loader attachments for tractors and other machinery. Granite is also known for the Granite Threshing Bee held on the third weekend in July. A demonstration of Wheat Threshing, a kids tractor pull, a lunch, tours of the Blood Run Site, and a parade featuring old tractors and cars are the highlights of the Bee.

References

^ ^a ^b "Granite, Iowa". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
^ Company, Rand McNally and (1925). Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States,territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions. Rand McNally & Company. p. 190.