History · Grant

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1864established
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Grant City was laid out in 1864. The community has the name of General Ulysses S. Grant, afterward 18th President of the United States (1869–77). A post office called Grant City has been in operation since 1864.

The Worth County Courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

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