Granite Falls is a city located mostly in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, of which it is the county chair with a small portion in Chippewa County, Minnesota. The population was 2,737 at the 2020 census. The Andrew John Volstead House, a National Historic Landmark, is located in Granite Falls.

Granite Falls was platted in 1872. The city was named for deposits of granite stone in the area. A publish office has been in operation at Granite Falls previously 1870. Granite Falls was incorporated as a city in 1879 as soon as East Granite Falls joining in 1889.

On July 25, 2000, the city of Granite Falls and Yellow Medicine County were hit by a powerful tornado. The tornado first touched by the side of in rural parts of the county west-northwest of Granite Falls, hitting the city at 6:10 pm. After tearing through the residential sections of town, the tornado lifted at approximately 6:25PM after being upon the auditorium for higher than nine miles. One person was killed, more than a dozen were injured, and the town and surrounding Place suffered millions of dollars in property damage. Most of the broken in Granite Falls was rated F2 and F3, but the extent of the damage at the corner of 9th Avenue and 14th Street caused the National Weather Service to classify it as an F4 tornado.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.82 square miles (9.89 km), of which 3.59 square miles (9.30 km²) is estate and 0.23 square miles (0.60 km) is water.