Granite Falls, North Carolina

Granite Falls is a town in Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 4,722 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Hickory - Lenoir - Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area.GeographyGranite Falls is located near the southern border of Caldwell County at . It is bordered to the south by the town of Rhodhiss, to the southwest by Rhodhiss Lake on the Catawba River, and to the west by the town of Sawmills. The center of town is located on a ridge between the Catawba River to the west and Gunpowder Creek, a tributary of the Catawba, to the east.U.S. Route 321 is a four-lane highway that passes through the east side of town; it leads 6mi southeast to the center of Hickory and 10mi northwest to Lenoir, the Caldwell County seat. US 321 Alternate runs through the center of Granite Falls as North and South Main Street.According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 13.6km2, of which 13.5km2 is land and 0.1km2, or 0.84%, is water.