Grant

History

Grant was settled in the late 1830s, and a post office was established in 1887. The town was named in honor of General Ulysses S. Grant, as many residents in the area had supported the Union during the American Civil War. The town was incorporated on November 15, 1945, with Delbert Hodges serving as the first mayor.

Geography

Grant is located in northeastern Marshall County at an elevation of on the plateau of Gunters Mountain. The town is concentrated along County Road 5 (Cathedral Caverns Highway, signed as Main Street in Grant) near the northern edge of Gunters Mountain, though the town includes corridors along CR 5 southward across the mountain to the shore of Guntersville Lake, and eastward along Baker Mountain Road to the edge of the mountain. Grant is north of Guntersville, southwest of Scottsboro, and southeast of Huntsville. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town of Grant has a total area of , of which , or 0.22%, are water. A historic cave, Cathedral Caverns, lies north of Grant near Kennamer Cove.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,216
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  1,984
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  1,903
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  1,748
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  1,718
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,667
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,571
• Great Blue/Cocoi Heron

  Ardea herodias Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,541

Largest nearby schools

• Kate D Smith DAR Elementary School
  Elementary · Grant · 585 students · 16.3:1 ratio
• Kate D Smith DAR High School
  High · Grant · 394 students · 17.1:1 ratio
• Kate Duncan Smith DAR Middle
  Middle · Grant · 364 students · 16.5:1 ratio
• Claysville School
  Other · Guntersville
• Marshall Alternative School
  Other · Guntersville

Most recent

• M 2.53 — 2026-04-27
  12 km NNE of Trinity, Alabama
• M 2.58 — 2025-02-25
  8 km N of Menlo, Georgia
• M 2.5 — 2023-12-23
  7 km ENE of Stevenson, Alabama
• M 2.52 — 2023-06-21
  6 km SSE of Sewanee, Tennessee
• M 2.66 — 2022-08-13
  6 km NW of Hazel Green, Alabama
• M 2.62 — 2020-11-01
  13 km SE of Triana, Alabama