[1] It was incorporated as a city originally and has retained that title despite the population decline following the closure of the area's industries.

Following grade 7 local students attend Boundary Central Secondary School in nearby Midway.

[3] In 1886 several mining claims had been staked in a narrow gulch ten miles north of the mouth of Boundary Creek.

By 1896 there were three hotels, a general store, a livery stable, two assay offices, a mining broker, an opera house, and a dozen other establishments.

Greenwood was the supply center for surrounding camps such as Providence, Copper, Deadwood, Wellington, Central, Skylark and others.

Local historian Bill Barlee wrote about Jolly Jack's lost mine.

Local historian Garnet Basque has written about Morgan's lost mine.

[10] Greenwood was featured on the historical television series Gold Trails and Ghost Towns, Season 2, Episode 1.