City of Grangeville Idaho County, Idaho


Mapped Location

City of Grangeville: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on City of Grangeville

  • Feature Type: Incorporated

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for City of Grangeville

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
City of Grangeville Official
Grangeville Official

 

Origin Notes and History of City of Grangeville

References to City of Grangeville that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography

IDAHO.—Named for a steamboat that plied the Columbia River from and after 1860. The county seat is Grangeville, named by L. P. Brown, the founder of the town, for the grange organization.

John E. Rees, B. Sc. in Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography

 

Last updated: 2017-01-09