Granville The Story of an Ohio Village Author:William T. Utter Granville has been different since it was founded in 1805 by a company of New Englanders who had grown tired of trying to make a living on their rocky hill-farms in western Massachusetts. Within 20 years after its founding, Granville had attained a maturity seldom reached by a typical Ohio community in twice that time. Preachers were more succ... more »essful than businessmen. Colleges flourished. The village is the "central character" in this book. People come and go, but the village remains.« less