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Welcome to Eagle Grove ...

The city of Eagle Grove is located in Wright County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Eagle Grove, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1861.

A typical abbreviation for Eagle Grove: Eagle Grv.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Eagle Grove has a population of 3,394 people<2> (see below for details).

Eagle Grove is 1,110 feet [338 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Eagle Grove lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Eagle Grove: 515

The ZIP code for Eagle Grove: 50533<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Eagle Grove had an population of 3,394 people. This is a decrease of 5.27% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 8.57% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Eagle Grove had a population of 3,583 people (or 27.17% of the total population of Wright County). This makes Eagle Grove the county's most populous community.

The population of Eagle Grove represents 0.12% of the population of Iowa (which has 3,046,355 people), making it the state's 107th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 3,583 people, the population of Eagle Grove decreased 3.48% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 3,712 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Eagle Grove.

Communities Also Named Eagle Grove ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Eagle Grove - it's located in Georgia.

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

Websites for Eagle Grove ...

Official Website:   https://eaglegroveiowa.org/

Chamber of Commerce:   https://eaglegrove.com/

Communities near Eagle Grove ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Eagle 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 Eagle Grove. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Eagle Grove.

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Eagle Grove. Our list includes 6 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Eagle Grove.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Eagle Grove ...

Looking for more information about Eagle 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 Eagle Grove, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Eagle Grove.

Adding Eagle Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Eagle Grove post office opened in 1861.

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

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

The official website for Eagle Grove: https://eaglegroveiowa.org/

The official website for Wright County: www.wrightcounty.org/

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Wright, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Eagle Grove.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Eagle Grove - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a city (such as Eagle Grove). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Eagle Grove or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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