Do you know of Spencer Grove ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1867 and closed  in 1879.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Spencer Grove ...

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

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

More Orphans in  Benton County ...

Can you help?

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 Benton County.