Granville County, North Carolina

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administrative territorial entity county

Granville County, North Carolina is a largely rural county in the north-central part of the state known for its agricultural heritage, tobacco history, and proximity to the Research Triangle region.

Aliases (2)

Granville County ×2
Granville County micropolitan region ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative territorial entity → county →
borderingCounty	Durham County, North Carolina → Franklin County, North Carolina → Person County, North Carolina → Vance County, North Carolina → Wake County, North Carolina → Warren County, North Carolina →
borderingState	Virginia →
borders	Virginia →
contains	Oxford, North Carolina → surface form: "City of Oxford, North Carolina" Town of Butner, North Carolina → Town of Creedmoor, North Carolina → Town of Stem, North Carolina → Town of Stovall, North Carolina →
country	United States of America →
economySector	agriculture → manufacturing →
FIPSCode	37-077 →
formationYear	1746 →
formedFrom	Edgecombe County, North Carolina →
GNISID	1020490 →
governmentType	county government →
hasJurisdictionOver	Butner, North Carolina → Town of Creedmoor, North Carolina → surface form: "Creedmoor, North Carolina" Oxford, North Carolina → Town of Stem, North Carolina → surface form: "Stem, North Carolina" Town of Stovall, North Carolina → surface form: "Stovall, North Carolina"
hasWebsite	https://www.granvillecounty.org/ →
historicalIndustry	tobacco farming → tobacco processing →
ISOCode	US-NC →
knownFor	agricultural heritage → rural character → tobacco production →
largestCity	Oxford, North Carolina →
legislativeBody	Granville County Board of Commissioners →
locatedIn	North Carolina → United States of America → surface form: "United States"
locatedInRegion	north-central North Carolina →
namedAfter	John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville →
near	Research Triangle → surface form: "Research Triangle region"
observesDST	Eastern Time Zone → surface form: "Eastern Daylight Time"
partOf	Piedmont region of North Carolina → Research Triangle → surface form: "Research Triangle metropolitan area"
seat	Oxford, North Carolina →
state	North Carolina →
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone →

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wake County, North Carolina → adjacentTo → Granville County, North Carolina →

Person County, North Carolina → borderedBy → Granville County, North Carolina →

Durham County, North Carolina → borders → Granville County, North Carolina →

The Triangle → containsCounty → Granville County, North Carolina →

this entity surface form: "Granville County"

Orange County, North Carolina → formedFrom → Granville County, North Carolina →

Granville County Board of Commissioners → jurisdiction → Granville County, North Carolina →

this entity surface form: "Granville County"

Town of Stovall, North Carolina → locatedInMetropolitanArea → Granville County, North Carolina →

this entity surface form: "Granville County micropolitan region"