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Welcome to Locust Grove ...

Locust Grove is located in Clark County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Locust Grove: Locust Grv.

Locust Grove is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Locust Grove lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Locust Grove and travel east, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Locust Grove: 859

Communities Also Named Locust Grove ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Kentucky communities named Locust Grove: This one is located in Clark County and the other is located in Pendleton County.

Beyond Kentucky, there are 39 communities that are also named Locust Grove - they are located in Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, 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.

  • Lexington - Fayette
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington - Fayette
    • Lexington - Fayette is located in Fayette County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 324,735 people
  • Richmond
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Nicholasville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Winchester
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Winchester. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
    • Winchester is located in Clark County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,659 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winchester <3>
  • Paris
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
    • Paris is located in Bourbon County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,719 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paris <3>
  • Wilmore
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • North Middletown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Middletown
    • North Middletown is located in Bourbon County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
  • Keene
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Ford
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford
    • Ford is located in Clark County
  • Pine Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pine Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
    • Pine Grove is located in Clark County

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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Locust Grove ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Clark, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Locust Grove - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.