Do you know of Middle Grove ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Middle 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 Middle Grove.

Our sources for Middle 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 Middle Grove other than they indicate that Middle Grove would be found somewhere in Fulton County, Illinois.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Middle Grove ...

We found three communities that share the name Middle Grove.

Within Illinois, the name Middle Grove is unique.

Beyond Illinois, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Missouri
    • Monroe County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Middle Grove [Monroe County].
  • New York
    • Saratoga County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Middle Grove [Saratoga County].
  • Oregon
    • Marion County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Middle Grove [Marion County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Middle Grove ...

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Middle Grove - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

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

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Middle Grove.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 17/48801   (Place Name: Middle Grove (RR name for Middlegrove))

County: Fulton     (FIPS State/County: 17/057)

Class: X3

More Orphans in  Fulton 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 Fulton County.