Official Name: | Graniteville, Missouri |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Missouri#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Graniteville |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Missouri |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Iron |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 1211 |
Coordinates: | 37.6503°N -90.6797°W |
Area Code: | 573 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 718694 |
Graniteville is an unincorporated community in northeast Iron County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is located on Missouri Route 21 approximately three-quarters of a mile east of Elephant Rocks State Park. Pilot Knob is about three miles to the southeast.[1]
A post office called Graniteville was established in 1874, and remained in operation until 1913.[2] The community was named for granite quarrying near the original town site.[3]
Tim McCabe, a Major League Baseball pitcher, was born at Graniteville in 1894.[4]