Granite, Iowa

Granite is an unincorporated community in Lyon County, Iowa, United States, near the historic Blood Run Site and the Gitchie Manitou State Preserve.

[1] Granite is the most northwestern community in Iowa near the banks of the Big Sioux River, about 7 miles outside the city limits of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, it is also 6 miles west/northwest of Larchwood.

Granite was founded on June 12, 1886, at the request of the owners of the land, Richard and Bessie Pettigrew.

[3] A manufacturing company called Miller Loaders exists on the East Side of town.

A demonstration of Wheat Threshing, a kids tractor pull, a lunch, tours of the Blood Run Site, and a parade featuring old tractors and cars are the highlights of the Bee.

A model building of an Old Tractor Implement that is opened for display during the Threshing Bee
Map of Iowa highlighting Lyon County