Welcome to Spring Grove ...

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

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

Spring Grove would have been located within present day Warren County<2>.

The location of Spring Grove has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Spring Grove, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1834.

A typical abbreviation for Spring Grove: Spring Grv.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Spring Grove is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

If Spring Grove still existed, it would have been in the (309) area code.

Communities Also Named Spring Grove ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Illinois communities named Spring Grove: This one is located in Warren County and the other is located in McHenry County.

Beyond Illinois, there are 24 communities that are also named Spring Grove - they are located in Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio (3), Pennsylvania (2), Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Virginia (3) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Spring Grove ...

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

• Galesburg
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesburg
  • Galesburg is located in Knox County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,803 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galesburg <5>
• Monmouth
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monmouth have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monmouth
  • Monmouth is located in Warren County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,801 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monmouth <5>
• Aledo
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aledo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aledo
  • Aledo is located in Mercer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,383 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aledo <5>
• Abingdon
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abingdon
  • Abingdon is located in Knox County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,008 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Abingdon <5>
• Knoxville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knoxville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
  • Knoxville is located in Knox County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,692 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knoxville <5>
• Oquawka
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oquawka
  • Oquawka is located in Henderson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,231 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oquawka <5>
• Roseville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
  • Roseville is located in Warren County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 885 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roseville <5>
• Viola
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Viola have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
  • Viola is located in Mercer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 874 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Viola <5>
• Alexis
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexis
  • Alexis is located in Mercer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 778 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alexis <5>
• Wataga
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wataga have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wataga
  • Wataga is located in Knox County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 773 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wataga <5>

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

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

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

Adding Spring Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Spring 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 for Spring Grove was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Spring Grove post office opened in 1834.

We also found Spring Grove in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov