Welcome to Shady Grove ...

So far, we found very little information about Shady Grove. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Shady Grove to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Shady Grove, please Contact Us.

Shady Grove would have been located within present day Union County<2>.

The location of Shady Grove has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Shady Grove, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1826.

A typical abbreviation for Shady Grove: Shady Grv.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Shady Grove is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Shady Grove was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Shady Grove would have been located in the (864) area code.

Communities Also Named Shady Grove ...

While we believe that this Shady Grove is located in Union County, we know of another 3 South Carolina communities named Shady Grove. Those communities are located in the following counties: Charleston, Pickens and Sumter County.

Beyond South Carolina, there are 106 communities that are also named Shady Grove - they are located in Alabama (8), Arkansas (12), Delaware, Florida (2), Georgia (8), Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky (4), Louisiana (3), Maryland, Mississippi (9), Missouri (4), New Mexico, North Carolina (2), Ohio, Oklahoma (4), Pennsylvania, Tennessee (17), Texas (14), Utah, Virginia (7) and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Shady Grove.

Communities near Shady Grove ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Shady Grove.

• Clinton
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
  • Clinton is located in Laurens County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,304 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clinton <5>
• Union
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
  • Union is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,535 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union <5>
• Whitmire
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitmire
  • Whitmire is located in Newberry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,449 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitmire <5>
• Jonesville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
  • Jonesville is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 819 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jonesville <5>
• Lockhart
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockhart
  • Lockhart is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lockhart <5>
• Carlisle
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
  • Carlisle is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carlisle <5>
• Red Town ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Town
  • Red Town is located in Union County
• Bishop Town ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bishop Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Town
  • Bishop Town is located in Union County
• Sartor Town
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sartor Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartor Town
  • Sartor Town is located in Union County
• Renno
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renno
  • Renno is located in Laurens County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Shady Grove. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Shady Grove.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Shady Grove. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shady Grove.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Shady Grove. See our Newspapers Page for Shady Grove.

Adding Shady Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Shady Grove in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Shady Grove was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Shady Grove post office opened in 1826.

We also found Shady Grove in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Shady Grove.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Union County: www.countyofunion.com/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/