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History · Grenada

Grenada’s post office opened in 1917, and 40% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1921 on and the census since 2000.

1917first post office
0on the National Register
40%homes built before 1940
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How Grenada began

When was Grenada founded?

1917

The Grenada post office opened in 1917, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 361 in 20002020 census: 314109 years
Founding year: the first Grenada post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Grenada’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Grenada are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19213 editions of the USGS map, 1921 to 1984. Watch Grenada change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Grenada’s history is told.

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On the map

Grenada on the map, 1921 to 1984

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Grenada. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Grenada on the 1921 USGS mapGrenada on the 1954 USGS mapGrenada on the 1984 USGS map1921Shasta Valley Sheet No 2 sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Grenada.

The story so far

Grenada, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Grenada yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Grenada ( grin-AY-də) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Siskiyou County, California, United States. Its population is 314 as of the 2020 census, down from 367 from the 2010 census. The ZIP code is 96038 and the community is within area code 530.

Its first post office opened in 1917. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 367 to 314 (-14%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Grenada, decade by decade

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People over time

Grenada, census by census

010020030040020002020Peak: 367

Between 314 and 367 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Grenada’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Grenada

Nobody well known was born in Grenada itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Anita LoosAmerican actress and writer · b. 1888
Ann LittleActress · b. 1891
Harold MullerAmerican sportsman · b. 1901
Pamela CoursonAmerican artist and common-law wife of Jim Morr… · b. 1946
D. J. WilsonAmerican basketball player · b. 1996
Terry HuntingdonAmerican beauty queen · b. 1940

Questions about Grenada’s history

What year was Grenada founded?

The Grenada post office opened in 1917, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.