Do you know of Rose Grove ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Rose 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 Rose Grove.<1>

Our sources for Rose 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 Rose Grove other than they indicate that Rose Grove would be found somewhere in Hamilton County, Iowa.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1865 and closed  in 1883.

Communities Also Named Rose Grove ...

We found one communities that share the name Rose Grove.

Within Iowa, the name Rose Grove is unique.

Beyond Iowa, there is another community also named Rose Grove in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • New York
    • Suffolk County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Rose Grove [Suffolk County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Rose Grove ...

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

More Orphans in  Hamilton 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 Hamilton County.