Granville North Dakota Map

About Granville, North Dakota

Granville is a locality in McHenry County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 240. The population density is 292.3 people per km². Granville is located at 48.2678°N, 100.8426°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Granville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58741.

Granville occupies a flat expanse of North Dakota prairie where the sky asserts its weight against the horizon, pressing down upon the grasses until the world feels like a vast, monochromatic bowl. It lies 21.0 miles east of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 83°T), and is situated 24.6 miles east-southeast of Minot AFB. South Egg Creek meanders near the outskirts, a thin ribbon of water cutting through the earth that provides a quiet, persistent rhythm to the landscape. To the west, the silhouettes of the Henderson Hills rise like a jagged promise, while the nearby McHenry County Waterfowl Production Area offers a sanctuary for the migratory life that patterns the seasonal air. The light here at dusk possesses a peculiar clarity, turning the fields of chaff and stubble into a burnished copper that holds the heat of the day long after the sun has dipped below the edge of the plains.

Granville emerged from the expansion of the rails, serving as a vital point of commerce for those who broke the sod and built their lives against the relentless wind. The economy remains tethered to the cycles of the earth, defined by the harvest and the persistent, solitary labor of those who manage the grain elevators and the surrounding farmsteads. Residents often look toward the depression of Hay Coulee or the quiet shimmer of Oslie Lake as markers of the geography they navigate daily, a land that demands a certain stoicism from its inhabitants. Life in Granville moves with the slow, deliberate pace of a place that understands its own isolation, where the distance between neighbors is measured in patience and the shared knowledge of the seasons.

About This Granville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Granville, North Dakota. Coordinates: 48.267787, -100.842644. 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 (58741), telephone area code (701), county seat of McHenry County (Towner), and school district assignment (TGU Public School District 60).

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.