The same state legislation that created the City and County of Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
also provided for the Town of Granville. Granville was Township Number 8, North of
Range 21 East, located in the northwestern corner of the County. It bordered
Washington and Waukesha Counties, the Towns of Milwaukee and Wauwatosa. It was
organized as a Township in January 1840, from what was originally the Town of
Milwaukee. Up until 1950, the Town of Granville for the most part remained intact.
However, over the next few years the original township grew ever smaller due to
annexation. A portion was incorporated in 1955 as the Village of Brown Deer. Then in
1956, most of the Town of Granville was consolidated into the City of Milwaukee.
After a lengthy court battle, the last piece of land went to Brown Deer in 1962.
