Granada, Missouri

Granada is an unincorporated community in northwest Douglas County, Missouri.^[1] The community was located on the west bank of Honey Creek (tributary to Beaver Creek) about 1.5 miles north of Missouri Route 14 on county road 14-531.^[2]^[3]

History

A post office called Granada was established in 1894, and remained in operation until 1922.^[4] The community's name is a transfer from Granada, in Spain.^[5]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Granada, Missouri
↑ Cedar Gap Missouri 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, USGS, 1951
↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 62-63, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
↑ "Douglas County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.

Municipalities and communities of Douglas County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Ava
City	Ava
Townships	Benton Boone Brown Brush Creek Bryan Buchanan Campbell Cass Champion Clay Clinton Findley Jackson Lincoln McKinley McMurtrey Miller Richland Spencer Spring Creek Walls Washington Wood
Unincorporated communities	Arden Arno Basher Bertha Brushyknob Buckhart Champion Cheney Coldspring Cross Roads Denlow Depew Dogwood Drury Fielden Filer Gentryville Girdner Goodhope Granada Hebron Merritt Ongo Prior Red Bank Richville Rome Roosevelt Roy Smallett Squires Sweden Tigris Topaz Vanzant Vera Cruz Witty
Ghost towns	Ann Bryant Larissa Omba Rippee Silverton Tedrick

Coordinates: 37°01′40″N 92°44′12″W / 37.02778°N 92.73667°W / 37.02778; -92.73667

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