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Welcome to Willow Grove ...

Willow Grove is located in Kent County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Willow Grove, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1846.

A typical abbreviation for Willow Grove: Willow Grv.

Willow Grove is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Willow Grove: 302

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 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), Washington and West Virginia.

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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Willow Grove ...

Looking for more information about Willow 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Willow Grove, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Willow Grove.

Adding Willow Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Willow Grove in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Willow Grove was in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

We also found Willow Grove in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Delaware's counties, including Kent, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Willow Grove - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.