Granite is a census-designated place (CDP) in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, adjoining the City of Sandy on the east. As of the 2020 census, the CDP population was 1,076, a decrease from the 2010 population of 1,932. Salt Lake County has designated a Granite “Community Council” for purposes of planning and development. The Granite Community Council includes the area within the CDP as well as the rest of Little Cottonwood Canyon, extending to Snowbird and Alta. In 2009 there was an effort to make Granite a township that ultimately failed.
History
Granite began as the site of the stone quarry for the Salt Lake Temple in 1859. By 1877 there were also several farmers in the area and an LDS ward was organized.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.8 km<sup>2</sup>), all land. The majority of the land extends into Little Cottonwood Canyon.
Demographics
As of the census