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Gretna was allegedly named for the Scottish community of Gretna Green, the home town of a Mr. Ogilvie, who constructed the first grain elevator here.
Present Status
Municipality of Rhineland (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History
Village of Gretna (16 May 1896)
Town of Gretna (26 June 1998)
Amalgamated with Plum Coulee and Rhineland (1 January 2015)Adjoining Municipalities
Land Area (square km)
2.79
Year
Total
1901
666
1906
646
1911
519
1916
554
1921
581
1926
591
1931
541
1936
515
1941
507
1946
482
1951
608
1956
603
1961
575
1966
561
1971
522
1976
510
1981
545
1986
503
1991
620
1996
538
2001
563
2006
574
2011
556
Term
Mayor
1896-1900
Erdmann Penner (1837-1907)
1900-1901
Enoch Winkler (1852-1928)
1901-1903
Michael Long (1853-1919)
1903-1905
Otto Schultz (1852-1926)
1905-1906
Michael Long (1853-1919)
1906-1907
Charles Wahn
1907-1908
Otto Schultz (1852-1926)
1909
Chris Pieper
1910
Dr. F. D. McKinty (1876-1964)
1911-1912
Robert Chambers
1913
Joseph Francis Tennant (1848-1924)
1914-1916
Peter J. Friesen
1917-1920
Godfrey Coblentz (1877-1947)
1921-1924
Peter J. Friesen
1925-1926
Alfred Orser
1927-1928
Dr. J. A. MacKenzie
1929-1933
M. A. Nitikman
1934-1937
Charles A. Pieper
1938-1945
Peter H. Buhr (1883-1960)
1946-1953
A. C. Nickel
1954-1957
John W. Dyck (1897-1977)
1958-1970
Peter Loewen (c1924-2010)
1971
Carl Schroeder
1972-1976
Donald Heinrichs
1976-1986
Carl Schroeder
1986-1992
Edward J. Friesen
1992-2006
John Cornelius Braun (1939-2013)
2007-2010
Dennis Loewen
2010-2014
Mark Ratzlaff
2015
See Rhineland
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Go here for a list of historic sites in Gretna.
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Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
We thank Jeff Dyck for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 21 April 2020
