Welcome to Fair Grove ...

Fair Grove is located in Davidson County<1>.

We aren't confident of the location of Fair Grove, so consider the above location to be an estimate.<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fair Grove, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1827.

A typical abbreviation for Fair Grove: Fair Grv.

Fair Grove is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The area code for Fair Grove: (336)

Communities Also Named Fair Grove ...

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

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

Communities near Fair Grove ...

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

• Winston - Salem
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston - Salem
  • Winston - Salem is located in Forsyth County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 248,112 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winston - Salem <4>
• High Point
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
  • High Point is located in Guilford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 113,565 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for High Point <4>
• Asheboro
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Asheboro have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asheboro
  • Asheboro is located in Randolph County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,023 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Asheboro <4>
• Kernersville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kernersville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kernersville
  • Kernersville is located in Forsyth County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,891 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kernersville <4>
• Lexington
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington
  • Lexington is located in Davidson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,141 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lexington <4>
• Archdale
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archdale
  • Archdale is located in Randolph County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,560 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Archdale <4>
• Trinity
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trinity have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
  • Trinity is located in Randolph County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,639 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trinity <4>
• Pleasant Garden
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Garden have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Garden
  • Pleasant Garden is located in Guilford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,990 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pleasant Garden <4>
• Midway
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Midway have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
  • Midway is located in Davidson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
• Jamestown
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
  • Jamestown is located in Guilford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,528 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jamestown <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fair Grove ...

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

Adding Fair Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Fair Grove post office opened in 1827.

We also found Fair Grove in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fair Grove. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Davidson County: www.co.davidson.nc.us/

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/