Growing up Granville — Part 2

Since Daddy and Momma ran an upholstery shop, Daniel’s Upholstery, when they weren’t farming, I met ...

Dave DiFilippo cartoon for July 20

PHOTOS: Granville County celebrates its 275th anniversary

OXFORD — It's not every day your county turns 275 years old. On Saturday, Granville County celebrate...

County celebrates expansion at Granville Athletic Park

OXFORD — An hour before Granville County’s 275th Anniversary celebration began Saturday, county offi...

A timeline of Creedmoor buildings

The town was previously known as “Creedmore.” No one knows for certain how Creedmoor got its name. O...

Celebrating 275 Years of Granville County

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PHOTOS: A look back through Creedmoor history

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County seat means business for 2 centuries

The history of the Oxford area begins with the ocean — yes, the ocean. Thousands of years ago, Oxfor...

Stovall attorney was Declaration signer

John Hancock famously made his name synonymous with the signature when he scrawled his name in large...

Stem’s story started at depot

Southern Granville County in the late 1800s was mostly rural farmland and forest that was purchased ...

That time Stem bested UNC at basketball

Back in 1936, the Stem High School boys basketball team beat Creedmoor High School for the Granville...

Names tell stories all their own

Highway 75, which runs from Oxford through Providence and Stem into Durham, has had many names. Part...

Timeline of Camp Butner

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From military camp to proud town

The Town of Butner emerged from the tobacco and corn fields of southern Granville, northern Durham, ...

Business boomed in early Creedmoor

Thomas Lyon is generally considered to be the founder of Creedmoor. At one time Lyon owned most of t...

A 275-year-old ‘postage stamp’

Granville County is old. Now, old to me is a good thing. I’m one of those people who would much pref...

Growing up Granville — Part 1

Editor’s note: Part 2 will run later in the newspaper. My first recollections pretty much reinforce...

Memories may be beautiful, and yet...

The African American community of Granville County has beautiful memories of the Black high schools ...

A sampling of Granville’s sometimes-strange history

As we celebrate the 275th year since the founding of Granville County, a look back at some of our hi...

PHOTOS: Stem is one of Granville's oldest communities

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