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Welcome to Senate Grove ...

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

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

Senate Grove would have been located within present day Franklin County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Senate Grove, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

A typical abbreviation for Senate Grove: Senate Grv.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Senate Grove is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Communities near Senate Grove ...

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

  • Washington
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Owensville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Hermann
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • New Haven
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Gerald
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Marthasville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Truesdale
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Truesdale is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truesdale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 922 people
  • Jonesburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Innsbrook
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Innsbrook is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Innsbrook
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
    • Innsbrook has also been known as:
    • Innsbrook village
  • Rosebud
    (13 miles [20.9 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 Senate Grove. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Senate Grove.

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

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

Adding Senate Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Senate Grove post office opened in 1891. The Senate Grove post office closed in 1903.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Senate Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Senate Grove - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/