County of town: Newton County
Location of city hall: Main St. & Church St., Granby
Location of town: Just east of center in county; crossroads of: US-60 & MO-E
Elevation: 1,125 ft (343 m)
Population: 2,096 (2018)
"Granby, a town in the southern part of the county, has been a great mining center. It was probably named for one of the Granbys in four other states.
Granby is located at Townships 25 & 26, Ranges 30 & 31, on Highway 60, Alt. 71, E & H.
"Granby, eight miles northeast of Neosho and one mile south of Granby City, its railroad station, was settled in 1856, and had a population of about 2500, (1874). It contained 1 church, 1 school and 14 stores, also a newspaper -- the Granby Miner." ~ Gazetteer of Missouri, Campbell, 1874, p. 401.
"Granby, 302 miles southwest of St. Louis, is in the midst of the high, level lead region 1047 feet above sea level. In 1853, William Foster, a Cornish man, who had been working in the old Cedar Creek mines 12 miles west of Granby, moved to the place. From this time on, the growth of Granby took place at a rapid rate." ~ State of Missouri, History of Newton County, 1889, Goodspeed, pp. 361-362
Granby, MASS.
Granby is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,240 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The census-designated place of Granby corresponds to the main village of Granby in the center of the town.
Granby was once part of Hadley, as were other towns. Granby was first settled in 1727 and was officially incorporated in 1768. The town is named in honor of John Manners, Marquess of Granby, a hero of the Seven Years' War. Granby was originally part of the Hadley Equivalent Lands, and then part of South Hadley, before being incorporated on June 11, 1768. Old Hadley was first settled in 1659 by people from Hartford and Wethersfield, Connecticut. These settlers left Connecticut because of religious differences within their communities. John Pynchon was commissioned to buy wilderness land for their new community. Pynchon purchased the land from three Native American chiefs: Chickwallop, Umpanchala and Quontquont. Ownership was transferred to the settlers and confirmed by the General Court. These original boundaries include part of present-day Granby.
"Granby is one of only three towns in Massachusetts whose local telephone service is not furnished by the former Bell System as Granby has always maintained its own service, Granby Telephone & Telegraph. The other two such towns are Richmond and Hancock, both in Berkshire County." ~ Wikipedia