Granville County, North Carolina
County seat: Oxford · Population 61,421 (2025) · 532 sq mi
Granville County is the 47th most populous of North Carolina's 100 counties, with 61,421 people (2025 estimate). Its county seat is Oxford. It is part of the North Central Region region, one of the 8 Prosperity Zones of North Carolina. The map shows its 5 cities and towns and the 7 neighboring counties.
Granville County facts
- County seat
- Oxford
- Population (2025 estimate)
- 61,421 +0.7% since 2020
- Land area
- 532 sq mi 35th largest of 100
- Water area
- 6 sq mi
- Population density
- 116 per sq mi
- Established
- 1746
- Named after
- John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville British statesman (1690-1763)
- Largest city
- Oxford 8,985
- Median household income
- $71,111
- Cities and towns
- 5
- ZIP codes
- 12
- Time zone
- Eastern
- FIPS code
- 37077
Cities and towns in Granville County
Granville County has 5 incorporated cities, towns and villages. Populations count the people living inside Granville County; cities that cross a county line also list the other counties.
| Name | Type | Population 2025 | Also in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford (county seat) | City | 8,985 | |
| Butner | Town | 8,112 | |
| Creedmoor | City | 5,046 | |
| Stem | Town | 1,023 | |
| Stovall | Town | 333 |
ZIP codes in Granville County
12 ZIP codes reach into Granville County. ZIP codes ignore county lines, so some also cover a neighboring county.
- 27507 also Vance County
- 27509
- 27522 also Wake County
- 27525 also Franklin County
- 27544 also Vance and Franklin counties
- 27565 also Vance and Person counties
- 27572 also Person, Durham and Orange counties
- 27574 also Person County
- 27581
- 27582
- 27587 also Wake and Franklin counties
- 27596 also Franklin and Wake counties
Population of Granville County, 2020–2025
Granville County grew by 421 people (+0.7%) between April 2020 and July 2025: 367 more deaths than births and a net gain of 911 people from migration.
| Year (July 1) | Population |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 60,178 |
| 2021 | 60,502 |
| 2022 | 60,878 |
| 2023 | 61,411 |
| 2024 | 61,628 |
| 2025 | 61,421 |
Neighboring counties
- Vance County east · 42,638 people
- Person County west · 40,636 people
- Mecklenburg County, Virginia northeast · 30,747 people
- Durham County southwest · 347,240 people
- Wake County south · 1,257,235 people
- Franklin County southeast · 82,037 people
- Halifax County, Virginia northwest · 33,447 people
Printable Granville County map
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Sources
- Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files (1:500,000).
- Population: Census Bureau county and city estimates, Vintage 2025. CDP populations: American Community Survey 2020–2024.
- Places and ZIP codes: Census Bureau 2026 Gazetteer and 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Area relationship files.
- County seat, founding year and name origin: Wikidata (CC0), checked against state sources.
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