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Welcome to Willow Grove ...So far, we found very little information about Willow Grove. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Willow Grove to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Willow Grove, please Contact Us. Willow Grove would have been located within present day Jackson County<2>. The location of Willow 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 Willow Grove, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872. A typical abbreviation for Willow Grove: Willow Grv. While the community is gone, the present day location for Willow Grove is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Willow Grove was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time If Willow Grove still existed, it would have been in the (304) and (681)<5> area codes. Communities Also Named Willow Grove ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 31 communities that are also named Willow Grove - they are located in Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Jersey (3), New York (3), Ohio (3), Ontario (2), Pennsylvania (4), Tennessee (3), Texas (3), Virginia (2) and Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Willow Grove. Communities near Willow Grove ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Willow Grove.
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 Willow Grove. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Willow Grove. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Willow 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 Willow Grove. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Willow Grove. See our Newspapers Page for Willow Grove. Adding Willow Grove to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Willow 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 Willow Grove was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Willow Grove in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Willow Grove. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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