Welcome to Bible Grove ...

Bible Grove is located in Clay County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bible Grove, you might consider that their post office opened in 1854.

A typical abbreviation for Bible Grove: Bible Grv.

Bible Grove is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Bible Grove (for example, toward Merom (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Bible Grove: 618 & 730<3>

Communities Also Named Bible Grove ...

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

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

Communities near Bible Grove ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bible Grove.

Effingham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Effingham is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,601 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Effingham <4>
Flora
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Flora is located in Clay County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,831 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flora <4>
Newton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Newton is located in Jasper County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,818 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newton <4>
Teutopolis
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Teutopolis is located in Effingham County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,677 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Teutopolis <4>
Louisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Louisville is located in Clay County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,087 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisville <4>
Clay City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Clay City is located in Clay County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 898 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clay City <4>
Watson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Watson is located in Effingham County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 732 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watson <4>
Noble
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Noble is located in Richland County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 643 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Noble <4>
Dieterich
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dieterich is located in Effingham County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 593 people
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Farina
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Farina is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 495 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Farina <4>

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 Bible Grove. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bible Grove.

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bible Grove. See our Newspapers Page for Bible Grove.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bible Grove ...

Looking for more information about Bible 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 Bible Grove, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bible Grove.

Adding Bible Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bible 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 (so far) for Bible Grove was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Bible Grove post office opened in 1854.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Clay, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bible Grove - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>	When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 618 code has been Overlayed with the 730 area code. New phone numbers in the Bible Grove area will be assigned with one of these codes: 618 or 730. As a result, placing a call in the Bible Grove area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>	A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/