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Welcome to New Grove ...

New Grove is located in Wright County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of New Grove, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.

A typical abbreviation for New Grove: New Grv.

New Grove is 1,310 feet [399 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for New Grove: 417

Communities Also Named New Grove ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named New Grove - it's located in Minnesota.

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

Communities near New Grove ...

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

  • Marshfield
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Ava
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Ava is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ava
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,905 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ava <3>
  • Seymour
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Mansfield
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Fordland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Conway
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Norwood
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hartville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Niangua
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Niangua is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niangua
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 424 people
  • Diggins
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Diggins is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diggins
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 326 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 New Grove. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for New Grove.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for New Grove ...

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

Adding New Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of New 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 New Grove was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the New Grove post office opened in 1905. The New Grove post office closed in 1915.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Wright, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around New 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>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/