2020 Map of Granville

About this map

Granville serves as the primary hub in this agricultural landscape of McHenry County, where the grid of sections meets the meandering course of Egg Creek. The town is organized around a traditional street plan featuring Garfield Ave, Main St S, and numbered streets that reflect its history as a prairie rail settlement. To the east, the terrain rises toward Buffalo Lodge Butte, overlooking the expansive waters of Buffalo Lodge Lake and North Lake. This area is characterized by its complex hydrology, with numerous smaller wetlands and coulees like Hay Coulee punctuating the plains. The presence of the Granville Cem south of the main township provides a specific point of interest for genealogists tracing early families of the region. The map reveals the relationship between the natural drainage of South Egg Creek and the strictly surveyed township and range lines that have defined North Dakota land use for over a century.