Grenville New Mexico Map

About Grenville, New Mexico

Grenville is a locality in Union County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 22. The population density is 22.4 people per km². Grenville is located at 36.5928°N, 103.6163°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Grenville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 88424.

Grenville occupies a quiet expanse of the high plains where the horizon stretches thin and pale against an unrelenting sky. It lies 113.2 miles northeast of Las Vegas, NM (from Las Vegas, NM: bearing 52°T), and is situated 25.9 miles west-northwest of Clayton. The earth here is a mosaic of sun-bleached grasses and stubborn scrub, defined by the stark, jagged relief of Cherry Canyon just a mile to the west. Seneca Creek cuts a narrow, winding path through the soil, offering a thin ribbon of moisture that barely sustains the thirsty vegetation along its banks. Far off to the west, the Don Carlos Hills rise like bruised knuckles against the dusk, their silhouettes darkening as the light fails and the temperature drops with the suddenness of a closing door.

Grenville serves as a lingering echo of the era when the railroad dictated the pulse of the frontier, though the iron tracks have long since surrendered their primary importance to the rhythms of ranching and dryland agriculture. The local economy persists in the quiet labor of cattle and grain, a trade carried out in the vast, open silence that defines this corner of the state. Those seeking a respite from the dry isolation often look toward Clayton Lake State Park, which lies seventeen miles away as a destination for those drawn to the water’s edge. Even further, the distant presence of Weatherly Lake remains a landmark for the locals who navigate these plains by the subtle tilt of the land and the memory of where the water hides.

About This Grenville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Grenville, New Mexico. Coordinates: 36.592803, -103.616345. 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 Grenville includes the ZIP code (88424), telephone area code (575), county seat of Union County (Clayton), and school district assignment (Des Moines Municipal Schools).

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.