Do you know of Union Grove ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Union Grove. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Union Grove.

Our sources for Union Grove (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Union Grove other than they indicate that Union Grove would be found somewhere in Grant County, Indiana.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1873 and closed in 1900.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Union Grove ...

We found 24 communities that share the name Union Grove.

Within Indiana, the name Union Grove is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Chilton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Union Grove [Chilton County].
  - Cullman County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Union Grove [Cullman County].
  - Jefferson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Union Grove [Jefferson County].
  - Madison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Union Grove [Madison County].
  - Marshall County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Union Grove [Marshall County].
- Illinois
  - Whiteside County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Union Grove [Whiteside County].
- Missouri
  - Gentry County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Union Grove [Gentry County].
- New Jersey
  - Salem County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Union Grove [Salem County].
- New York
  - Delaware County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Union Grove [Delaware County].
- North Carolina
  - Beaufort County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Union Grove [Beaufort County].
  - Iredell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Union Grove [Iredell County].
  - Yadkin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Union Grove [Yadkin County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Lancaster County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Union Grove [Lancaster County].
- Tennessee
  - Blount County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Union Grove [Blount County].
  - Bradley County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Union Grove [Bradley County].
  - Maury County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Union Grove [Maury County].
  - McMinn County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Union Grove [McMinn County].
  - Meigs County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Union Grove [Meigs County].
  - Sevier County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Union Grove [Sevier County].
- Texas
  - Bell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Union Grove [Bell County].
  - Erath County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Union Grove [Erath County].
  - Knox County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Union Grove [Knox County].
  - Upshur County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Union Grove [Upshur County].
- Wisconsin
  - Racine County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Union Grove [Racine County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Union Grove ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Union Grove:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Union Grove - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in Grant County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Grant County.

Footnotes ...

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Union Grove could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.

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A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/