Granville Iowa Map

About Granville, Iowa

Granville is a locality in Sioux County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 310. The population density is 411.3 people per km². Granville is located at 42.9855°N, 95.8736°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Granville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51022.

Granville holds its place upon the vast, open expanse of the Iowa prairie, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered by the shadow of mountains. It lies 19.8 miles northeast of Le Mars, IA (from Le Mars, IA: bearing 48°T), and is situated 9.5 miles east of Orange City. Granville Creek traces a patient, winding path through the soil, carving a subtle depression into the landscape that supports the surrounding fields. The earth here is dark and heavy, yielding to the rhythm of seasonal planting and the slow, golden transformation of stalks under a relentless sun. At dusk, the light loses its sharp clarity, softening into a haze that flattens the distance and makes the sky appear an impossibly deep, bruised violet. A mile to the north, the Railroad Area provides a quiet buffer of greenery, a small respite from the relentless geometry of the tilled rows that define the region’s character.

Settlers arrived here to turn the tough sod into an enduring agricultural anchor, grounding the local economy in the steady, cyclical labor of soybean and corn production. The heritage of the people who built Granville remains visible in the sturdy, unadorned architecture and the reserved, civil manner in which the day unfolds. While the Puddle Jumper Trail offers a path for those seeking to traverse the broader landscape eight miles away, life in Granville stays tethered to the local grain elevators and the quiet intersections of a working community. Residents might look toward the distant western edge where the Loess Hills rise, but they remain committed to the immediate, fertile soil. On rare, still days, one can travel the fourteen miles to Leos Pond and find the water mirroring the same immense, quiet sky that defines every hour spent within the borders of Granville.

About This Granville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Granville, Iowa. Coordinates: 42.98554, -95.873626. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Granville includes the ZIP code (51022), telephone area code (563), county seat of Sioux County (Orange City), and school district assignment (MOC-Floyd Valley Community School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.