Welcome to Locust Grove ...

Locust Grove is located in Orange County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Locust Grove, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1823.

A typical abbreviation for Locust Grove: Locust Grv.

Time Zone: Locust Grove lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The area code for Locust Grove: (540)

The ZIP code for Locust Grove: 22508<2>

Communities Also Named Locust Grove ...

While we believe that this Locust Grove is located in Orange County, we know of another 4 Virginia communities named Locust Grove. Those communities are located in the following counties: Charlottesville City, Chesterfield, King and Queen and Shenandoah County.

Beyond Virginia, there are 39 communities that are also named Locust Grove - they are located in Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Maryland (6), Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York (3), North Carolina, Ohio (4), Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania (6), Tennessee, Texas and Utah.

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

Communities near Locust Grove ...

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

• Fredericksburg
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
  • Fredericksburg is located in Fredericksburg City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,492 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fredericksburg <3>
• Culpeper
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culpeper
  • Culpeper is located in Culpeper County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,214 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Culpeper <3>
• Orange
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
  • Orange is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,166 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orange <3>
• Remington
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Remington have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remington
  • Remington is located in Fauquier County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Remington <3>
• Indian Town
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Town
  • Indian Town is located in Orange County
• Wilderness
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilderness
  • Wilderness is located in Orange County
• Paytes
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paytes
  • Paytes is located in Spotsylvania County
• Logan
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
  • Logan is located in Spotsylvania County
• Rhoadesville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoadesville
  • Rhoadesville is located in Orange County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rhoadesville <3>
• Brockroad
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockroad
  • Brockroad is located in Spotsylvania 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 Locust Grove. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Locust Grove.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Locust 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 Locust Grove.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Locust Grove ...

Looking for more information about Locust Grove? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Locust Grove, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Locust Grove.

Adding Locust Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Locust Grove in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Locust Grove was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Locust Grove post office opened in 1823.

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

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Locust Grove. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Orange County: www.orangecountyva.gov/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/