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Granite is a city in Grant County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. The city had a population of 30 in 2020, down from 38 in 2010. [ 5 ] As of 2020, it is the fourth-smallest incorporated city by population in Oregon.
Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide, [2] Oregon is home to over 2,000, [3] and 9 of those are found partially or wholly in Grant County. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted November 29, 2024.
As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,233, [1] making it Oregon's fourth-least populous county. The county seat is Canyon City. [2] It is named for President Ulysses S. Grant, [3] who served as an army officer in the Oregon Territory, and at the time of the county's creation was a Union general in the American Civil War.
The Ah Hee Diggings, also known as the Chinese Walls, are an area of some 60 acres (24 ha) of hand-stacked rock walls in Oregon, U.S., built by Chinese miners who worked for the Ah Hee Placer Mining Company along Granite Creek from 1867 to 1891 near present day Granite, Oregon.
W.N. Flynt Granite Co., in Monson, Massachusetts, a granite quarry that opened in 1809 and operated until 1935. By 1888, the company employed over 200 workers, and produced about 30,000 tons of granite per year. Quincy Quarries Reservation, in Quincy, Massachusetts, producer of granite from 1826 to 1963, including for the Bunker Hill Monument.
Map of the United States with Oregon highlighted. Oregon is a state located in the Western United States. All population data is based on the 2020 census and 2010 census and the Census Bureau's annual estimates. [1] All area data is based on the 2010 US Gazetteer files. There are 241 municipalities.
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