Granger

History

The town was laid out and surveyed by Henry Hill in September 1874. Its name pays homage to the Grange Movement, popular in rural America at that time. Granger was incorporated by petition to the Scotland county court on July 3, 1912. Adjacent to the Burlington Northern Railroad, Granger's business district at the time of incorporation included three general stores, two hotels, a bank, drug store, hardware store, grocer, meat market barber shop, livery, and blacksmith. Although no official census was taken of the community in 1910, contemporary estimates place the population at between 150 and 200 residents.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  413
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  403
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  397
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  342
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  259
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  254
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  232
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  216