Grantville is an unincorporated

Unincorporated area

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 census-designated place

Census-designated place

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 in southwestern Jefferson County

Jefferson County, Kansas

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, Kansas

Kansas

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, United States

United States

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, northeast of Topeka

Topeka, Kansas

Topeka |Kansa]]: Tó Pee Kuh) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It is situated along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was...

.

Geography

Grantville is located at 39.083333°N 95.561367°W (39.083333, -95.561367), off U.S. Route 24

U.S. Route 24

U.S. Route 24 is one of the original United States highways of 1926. It originally ran from Pontiac, Michigan, in the east to Kansas City, Missouri, in the west. Today, the highway's eastern terminus is west of Clarkston, Michigan, at an intersection with I-75 and its western terminus is near...

. It lies 876 feet (267 m) above sea level.

Economy

Grantville has a fire station, a restaurant, a gas station and a few other local business. It also has a post office

Post office

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 with the ZIP Code

ZIP Code

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of 66429.

Education

Grantville is served by Perry-Lecompton Unified School District 343. An early childhood center is located in Grantville.