First settlers arrived in this community in 1849, built homes, dug wells, and made canals from the Jordan River. The soil's rich yield prompted Judge Elias Smith to name the area Granger. Churches and schools were situated in various places. In 1884, a ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized, with Daniel Mcrae as bishop. A church building 6 rods south was erected in 1885. Destroyed by a gas explosion, it was replaced by a two-story building. The first post office was on this site.