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Welcome to Dry Grove ...

Dry Grove is located in Hinds County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dry Grove, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1857.

A typical abbreviation for Dry Grove: Dry Grv.

Dry Grove is 370 feet [113 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Dry Grove: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Dry Grove ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Dry Grove - it's located in South Carolina.

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

Communities near Dry Grove ...

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

  • Jackson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Clinton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clinton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
    • Clinton is located in Hinds County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,873 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clinton <4>
  • Byram
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Richland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Crystal Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Florence
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Florence have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
    • Florence is located in Rankin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,531 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Florence <4>
  • Hazlehurst
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Raymond
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Terry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Edwards
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dry Grove ...

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

Adding Dry Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dry 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 for Dry Grove was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Dry Grove post office opened in 1857.

We also found Dry Grove in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Hinds, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dry 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 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Dry Grove area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Dry 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/