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Welcome to Pilot Grove ...

Pilot Grove is located in Faribault County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pilot Grove, you might consider that their post office opened in 1866.

A typical abbreviation for Pilot Grove: Pilot Grv.

Pilot Grove is 1,120 feet [341 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Pilot Grove: 507 & 924<3>

Communities Also Named Pilot Grove ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Pilot Grove - they are located in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri (2) and Texas.

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

Communities near Pilot Grove ...

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

  • Fairmont
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Blue Earth
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Blue Earth is located in Faribault County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Earth
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,098 people
    • Former name for Blue Earth:
    • Blue Earth City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blue Earth <4>
  • Winnebago
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Buffalo Center
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Armstrong
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Armstrong is located in Emmet County (IA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
  • Bancroft
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Bancroft is located in Kossuth County (IA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 684 people
  • Elmore
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Elmore is located in Faribault County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
  • Swea City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Granada
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Lakota
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lakota is located in Kossuth County (IA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakota
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pilot Grove ...

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

Adding Pilot Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pilot Grove post office opened in 1866. The Pilot Grove post office closed in 1907.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Faribault, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pilot 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 507 code has been Overlayed with the 924 area code. New phone numbers in the Pilot Grove area will be assigned with one of these codes: 507 or 924. As a result, placing a call in the Pilot 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/