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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 as 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

Fair Grove is located in the (336) area code.

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)
  • High Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • 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)
  • Archdale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • 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)

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.

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/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Davidson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fair 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>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/









 

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