Welcome to Granger ...

The town of Granger is located in Yakima County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Granger, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1905.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Granger has a population of 3,839 people<2> (see below for details).

Granger is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Granger lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Granger is within the boundaries of the (509) area code.

The ZIP code for Granger: 98932<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Granger had an population of 3,839 people. This is an increase of 18.27% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 51.74% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Granger had a population of 3,246 people. This makes Granger the county's 9th most populous community.

The population of Granger represents 0.05% of the total population of Washington (which has 6,724,540 people), making it the state's 134th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 3,246 people, the population of Granger increased 28.3% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 2,530 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Granger.

Communities Also Named Granger ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Granger - they are located in Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Texas (2), Utah and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Granger.

Communities near Granger ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Granger.

• Sunnyside
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
  • Sunnyside is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,924 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunnyside <5>
• Grandview
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
  • Grandview is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,029 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grandview <5>
• Toppenish
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toppenish
  • Toppenish is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,766 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Toppenish <5>
• Union Gap
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Gap
  • Union Gap is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,160 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union Gap <5>
• Wapato
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapato
  • Wapato is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,980 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wapato <5>
• Moxee
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxee
  • Moxee is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,398 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moxee <5>
• Zillah
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zillah
  • Zillah is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,135 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zillah <5>
• Mabton
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabton
  • Mabton is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,267 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mabton <5>
• Harrah
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrah
  • Harrah is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harrah <5>
• Outlook
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlook
  • Outlook is located in Yakima County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Granger. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Granger.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Granger. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Granger.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Granger. See our Newspapers Page for Granger.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Granger ...

Looking for more information about Granger? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Granger, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Granger.

Adding Granger to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Granger in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Granger was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Granger post office opened in 1905.

We also found Granger mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Granger.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Granger. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Yakima County: www.pan.co.yakima.wa.us/

The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/