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Granite Falls is a town in Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 4,722 at the 2010 census. It is share of the Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The post Granite Falls comes from the waters that splash higher than the granite boulders spanning Gunpowder Creek. In 1791, pioneer Andrew Baird proverb that he could take action an iron works adjacent to Gunpowder Creek, and in affect so, became owner of all the land now occupied by the Town of Granite Falls. The community would start to form from that point. Granite Falls was incorporated as a town in 1899. Before its incorporation, Granite Falls went by many new names such as Baird’s Forge, Catawba View, Lovelady, and Granite.

Granite Falls is located close the southern border of Caldwell County at 35°48′1″N 81°25′59″W / 35.80028°N 81.43306°W / 35.80028; -81.43306 (35.800345, -81.432929). It is bordered to the south by the town of Rhodhiss, to the southwest by Rhodhiss Lake upon the Catawba River (Lake Hickory), and to the west by the town of Sawmills. The center of town is located upon a ridge in the middle of the Catawba River to the west and Gunpowder Creek, a tributary of the Catawba, to the east.