Granite Falls is a town in Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 4,722 at the 2010 census. It is portion of the Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The post Granite Falls comes from the waters that splash more than the granite boulders spanning Gunpowder Creek. In 1791, pioneer Andrew Baird motto that he could exploit an iron works in contradiction of Gunpowder Creek, and in doing so, became owner of anything the estate now occupied by the Town of Granite Falls. The community would Begin to form from that point. Granite Falls was incorporated as a town in 1899. Before its incorporation, Granite Falls went by many additional names such as Baird’s Forge, Catawba View, Lovelady, and Granite.

Granite Falls is located close the southern be neighboring to of Caldwell County at 35°48′1″N 81°25′59″W / 35.80028°N 81.43306°W / 35.80028; -81.43306 (35.800345, -81.432929). It is bordered to the south by the town of Rhodhiss, to the southwest by Rhodhiss Lake upon the Catawba River (Lake Hickory), and to the west by the town of Sawmills. The middle of town is located on a ridge in the middle of the Catawba River to the west and Gunpowder Creek, a tributary of the Catawba, to the east.

U.S. Route 321 (Hickory Boulevard) is a four-lane highway that passes through the eastern side of town; it leads 6 miles (10 km) southeast to the center of Hickory and 10 miles (16 km) northwest to Lenoir, the Caldwell County seat. US 321 Alternate runs through the center of Granite Falls as North and South Main Street.