Granville County, North Carolina

Granville County
	Granville County, North Carolina
	Map
	; Location in the state of North Carolina
	; North Carolina's location in the U.S.
	Statistics
Founded	1746
Seat	Oxford
Largest City	Oxford
Area; - Total; - Land; - Water	; 536 sq mi (1,388 km²); 532 sq mi (1,378 km²); 4.9 sq mi (13 km²), 0.9%
Population; - (2010); - Density	; 59,916 ; 113/sq mi (44/km²)
	Website: www.granvillecounty.org
	Named for: John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville

Granville County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2000, 48,498 people lived there. Its county seat is Oxford.

History

The county was made in 1746 from Edgecombe County.

In 1752 parts of Granville County, Bladen County, and Johnston County were combined to form Orange County. In 1764 the eastern part of Granville County became Bute County. And in 1881 parts of Granville County, Franklin County, and Warren County were combined to form Vance County.

The counties border, or connect to, Granville County:

Granville County, North Carolina
Map
Location in the state of North Carolina
North Carolina's location in the U.S.
Statistics
Founded	1746
Seat	Oxford
Largest City	Oxford
Area - Total - Land - Water	536 sq mi (1,388 km²) 532 sq mi (1,378 km²) 4.9 sq mi (13 km²), 0.9%
Population - (2010) - Density	59,916 113/sq mi (44/km²)
Website: www.granvillecounty.org
Named for: John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville