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Welcome to Browns Grove ...

Browns Grove is primarily located in Calloway County<1>. A portion of Browns Grove extends into Graves County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Browns Grove, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

A typical abbreviation for Browns Grove: Browns Grv.

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Browns Grove for more information about variations on the name of Browns Grove.

Browns Grove is 570 feet [174 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Browns Grove: 270 & 364<3>

Communities near Browns Grove ...

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

  • Murray
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Murray is located in Calloway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,437 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murray <4>
  • Mandels ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Mandels is located in Henry County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandels
    • Estimated population in 2014: 10,349 people
  • Mayfield
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Benton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Puryear
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Puryear is located in Henry County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puryear
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
  • Wingo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Hardin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Hazel
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Water Valley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Cottage Grove
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Browns Grove ...

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

Adding Browns Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Browns 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 Browns Grove was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Browns Grove post office opened in 1893. The Browns Grove post office closed in 1933.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Calloway, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Browns 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 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Browns Grove area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Browns 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/