Granbury, Texas
Granbury is a city in and the county seat of Hood County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 10,958, and it is the principal city of the Granbury micropolitan statistical area. Granbury is named after Confederate General Hiram B. Granbury.
Granbury, Texas | |
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Hood County Courthouse in 2018 | |
Location of Granbury, Texas | |
| Coordinates: 32°26′31″N 97°46′53″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Hood |
| Area | |
| • Total | 16.97 sq mi (43.95 km2) |
| • Land | 16.18 sq mi (41.92 km2) |
| • Water | 0.79 sq mi (2.03 km2) |
| Elevation | 735 ft (224 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 10,958 |
| • Density | 645.73/sq mi (249.33/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 76048-76049 |
| Area code | 817 |
| FIPS code | 48-30416 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1336797 |
| Website | www |
Granbury started as a square and log cabin courthouse. Many buildings on the square are now registered historic landmarks, including the Granbury Opera House, which still hosts "Broadway" productions. The city's name originated from Confederate General Hiram B. Granberry. To explain why the city name is spelled differently, some scholars believe the name Granberry was misread on a document. Recent findings conclude that Granberry chose to spell his name Granbury.[2]
A recent expansion of the city was made possible by building a Brazos River dam in 1969, which formed Lake Granbury, a long, narrow lake that flows through the city.