Welcome to Cedar Grove ...

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

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

Cedar Grove would have been located within present day Jefferson County<2>.

The location of Cedar 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 Cedar Grove, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1828.

A typical abbreviation for Cedar Grove: Cedar Grv.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Cedar Grove is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Cedar Grove was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Cedar Grove would have been located in the (205) & (659)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Cedar Grove ...

While we believe that this Cedar Grove is located in Jefferson County, we know of another 4 Alabama communities named Cedar Grove. Those communities are located in the following counties: Baldwin, Covington, Jackson and Limestone County.

Beyond Alabama, there are 94 communities that are also named Cedar Grove - they are located in Arkansas (2), British Columbia, California (2), Colorado, Florida (2), Georgia (6), Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (2), Kentucky (6), Louisiana (6), Maine (2), Maryland (4), Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi (2), New Jersey (5), New Mexico (2), North Carolina (4), Ohio (2), Ontario (2), Pennsylvania (2), Rhode Island, South Carolina (3), Tennessee (14), Texas (4), Virginia (7), Washington, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Cedar Grove ...

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

• Birmingham
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
  • Birmingham is located in Jefferson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 206,950 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Birmingham <6>
• Hoover
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
  • Hoover is located in Jefferson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 85,959 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoover <6>
• Vestavia Hills
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vestavia Hills
  • Vestavia Hills is located in Jefferson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,317 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vestavia Hills <6>
• Homewood
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homewood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
  • Homewood is located in Jefferson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,174 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homewood <6>
• Pelham
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pelham have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
  • Pelham is located in Shelby County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,231 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pelham <6>
• Trussville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trussville
  • Trussville is located in Jefferson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,048 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trussville <6>
• Mountain Brook
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Brook
  • Mountain Brook is located in Jefferson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,034 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain Brook <6>
• Center Point
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
  • Center Point is located in Jefferson County
  • Estimated population in 2015: 16,655 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Center Point <6>
• Pell City
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pell City
  • Pell City is located in Saint Clair County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,296 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pell City <6>
• Gardendale
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardendale
  • Gardendale is located in Jefferson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,113 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gardendale <6>

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 Cedar Grove. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cedar Grove.

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

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

Adding Cedar Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cedar 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 Cedar Grove was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Cedar Grove post office opened in 1828.

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

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Jefferson County: www.jeffcointouch.com/

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/