Do you know of Apple Grove ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Apple Grove. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Apple Grove.<1>

Our sources for Apple Grove (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Apple Grove other than they indicate that Apple Grove would be found somewhere in Polk County, Iowa.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1849 and closed in 1894.

Communities Also Named Apple Grove ...

We found nine communities that share the name Apple Grove.

Within Iowa, the name Apple Grove is unique.

Beyond Iowa, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Morgan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Apple Grove [Morgan County].
- Kentucky
  - Barren County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Apple Grove [Barren County].
- Maryland
  - Prince George's County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Apple Grove [Prince George's County].
- North Carolina
  - Ashe County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Apple Grove [Ashe County].
- Ohio
  - Meigs County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Apple Grove [Meigs County].
- Virginia
  - Louisa County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Apple Grove [Louisa County].
  - Stafford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Apple Grove [Stafford County].
- West Virginia
  - Mason County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Apple Grove [Mason County].
  - McDowell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Apple Grove [McDowell County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Apple Grove ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Apple Grove:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Article: Index to Abandoned Towns of Iowa
Taken from The Annals of Iowa (Volume 18, Issue 3 - Winter 1932)
Written by: Mott, David C.

Iowa State Gazetteers
Written by: Hair, James T.
Published by Bailey & Hair
(Available from Amazon.com)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

More Orphans in Polk County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Polk County.

Footnotes ...

<1>	This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/