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Welcome to Locust Grove ...

So far, we found very little information about Locust Grove. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Locust Grove to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Locust Grove, please Contact Us.


Locust Grove would have been located within present day Franklin County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Locust Grove, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

A typical abbreviation for Locust Grove: Locust Grv.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Locust Grove is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Locust Grove was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Locust Grove was located: 618 & 730<4>

Communities Also Named Locust Grove ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 39 communities that are also named Locust Grove - they are located in Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Maryland (6), Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York (3), North Carolina, Ohio (4), Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania (6), Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Virginia (5).

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

Communities near Locust Grove ...

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

  • Marion
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Marion is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,417 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <5>
  • Herrin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Herrin is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,625 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Herrin <5>
  • Harrisburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • West Frankfort
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • West Frankfort is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Frankfort
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,733 people
  • Benton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Eldorado
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Johnston City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • McLeansboro
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Christopher
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Zeigler
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)

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

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

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

Adding Locust Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Locust Grove in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Locust Grove was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Locust Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Locust Grove - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Locust Grove area will be assigned with one of these codes: 618 or 730. As a result, placing a call in the Locust Grove area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.