Granville County is a county located on the northern central border of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 60,992. Its county seat is Oxford. The county has acc
Granville County Courthouse
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Historic tobacco warehouses in Oxford
Butner, North Carolina
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Butner is a town in Granville County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 8,397 as of the 2020 census. Butner was managed by the state of North Carolina from 1947 through 2007.
Granville County, North Carolina
…and the dispossessed farmers who had once lived in the area. The state converted its former infirmary into a psychiatry hospital. A civilian community, Butner, subsequently developed around the hospital's new workforce. In the 1950s and 1960s, various manufacturing businesses built up across Granville County…
Butner Town Hall
An old water tower in Butner
Gazebo Park
Lake Holt