Grenora, North Dakota | |
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 Location of Grenora, North Dakota | |
| Coordinates: 48°37′12″N 103°56′12″W / 48.62000°N 103.93667°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Dakota |
| County | Williams |
| Founded | July 1916 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Brett Wilkins |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.61 sq mi (1.57 km2) |
| • Land | 0.61 sq mi (1.57 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 2,133 ft (650 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 221 |
| • Estimate (2022)[4] | 209 |
| • Density | 363.49/sq mi (140.44/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 58845 |
| Area code | 701 |
| FIPS code | 38-33500 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1036069[2] |
| Website | cityofgrenora.com |
Grenora is a city in Williams County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 221 at the 2020 census.[3]
Grenora was founded in July 1916 at the terminus of a Great Northern Railway branch line that began in Stanley. The name is a portmanteau of letters in the railway's name: GREat NOrthern RAilway.[5][6] The tracks were in place until 2002, when Great Northern successor BNSF Railway filed for abandonment.[7]
The city's motto is, "Friendliness lives here – you're only a stranger once." The city is home to a senior citizen's center, credit union, gas station, grain elevator, restaurant, bar, apartment buildings, and community-built low-income housing. There are also two churches: the St. Olaf Lutheran Church (ELCA), and St. Boniface Catholic Church.
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grenora, North Dakota
- ^ a b "Explore Census Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
USCensusEst2022was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Wick, Douglas A. "Grenora (Williams County)". North Dakota Place Names. Retrieved May 8, 2011.
- ^ Temple, Robert D. Edge Effects: The Border-Name Places, (2nd edition, 2009), iUniverse, ISBN 978-0-595-47758-6, page 324.
- ^ "THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN BURKE AND WILLIAMS COUNTIES, ND". Docket Number AB_6_394_X. Surface Transportation Board. Retrieved May 8, 2011.