Granville South is a census-designated place (CDP) in Licking County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,420 at the 2020 census.
Geography
Granville South is located in central Licking County in the southern and southwestern part of Granville Township. It is bordered to the north by the village of Granville.
Ohio State Route 16 passes through the community, leading east to Newark, the county seat, and southwest to Columbus. State Route 37 forms the northern edge of most of the community; the highway leads northwest to Sunbury. State Route 37 and 161 form a freeway which leads west to Interstate 270 in the northeastern suburbs of Columbus.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Granville South CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.79%, are water. The CDP drains northeast to Raccoon Creek, an east-flowing tributary of the Licking River and part of the Muskingum River watershed flowing south to the Ohio River.
Demographics
At the 2000 census there were 1,194 people, 424 households, and 362 families living in the CDP. The population density was . There were 433 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 97.40% White, 0.08% Native American, 1.17% Asian, 0.34% from other races, and 1.01% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.67%.