The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusGrenville is a village in Union County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Grenville had a population of 22.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 38 to 22 (-42%). Half of its homes were built before 1972.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Grenville yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Grenville’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Grenville’s history is told.
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Grenville, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Grenville is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Grenville has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Rabbit Ears in Clayton, 21.5 miles away.
Grenville and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.