Grenora, ND

Grenora is a city in Williams County, North Dakota, United States. The 2020 census counted 221 residents. 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. In Grenora, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Grenora, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. The tracks were in place until 2002, when Great Northern successor BNSF Railway filed for abandonment. This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot summers and cold winters. Grenora is home to a senior citizen's center, credit union, gas station, grain elevator, restaurant, bar, apartment buildings.