Granite City, Wisconsin
Ghost town
Granite City, Wisconsin is located in Wisconsin
Granite City, Wisconsin
Granite City, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 44°38′02″N 88°59′28″W / 44.63389°N 88.99111°W / 44.63389; -88.99111
CountryUnited States
StateWisconsin
CountyWaupaca
Elevation
899 ft (274 m)
GNIS feature ID1850462[1]

Granite City is a ghost town in the town of Wyoming, Waupaca County, Wisconsin, United States.[1] The settlement was located in section 13 of the town of Wyoming, and had formed before Wyoming was split from the larger Town of Helvetia in 1890.

History

Granite City formed around what was described as "a rich granite quarry" owned by J. H. Leuthold and (partner) Holman. The quarry and town was served by a four-mile spur of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railroad, and the town featured a store.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Granite City, Wisconsin (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Wakefield, Josephus (1890). History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin. D. L. Stinchfield. p. 170.


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