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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Grover (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Grover. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Grover is located in Cleveland County.

To see how the shape of North Carolina's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cleveland County: Burke, Gaston, Lincoln, Rutherford, Cherokee (SC) & York (SC).

Below are the counties that are near Grover. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grover:

  • Cleveland County     (The home county of Grover)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grover, with the one closest to Grover listed first.
    • Pleasant Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Earl
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • White Plains
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
      • White Plains is located in Cleveland County
    • Patterson Springs
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Patterson Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Springs
      • Patterson Springs is located in Cleveland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
    • Light Oak
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Light Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light Oak
      • Light Oak is located in Cleveland County
    • Kings Mountain
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Elizabeth City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabeth City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth City
      • Elizabeth City is located in Cleveland County
    • Brittain Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brittain Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittain Village
      • Brittain Village is located in Cleveland County
    • Briarwood Townhouses
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Briarwood Townhouses have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Townhouses
      • Briarwood Townhouses is located in Cleveland County
    • Sharon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sharon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
      • Sharon is located in Cleveland County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Sharon
      • From Grover to Sharon
    • Shelby
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Erwinsville ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erwinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwinsville
      • Erwinsville is located in Cleveland County
  • Burke County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grover, with the one closest to Grover listed first.
    • Camp Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Camp Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
      • Camp Creek is located in Burke County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Camp Creek
      • From Grover to Camp Creek
    • Ramsey
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Shoups Ford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shoups Ford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoups Ford
      • Shoups Ford is located in Burke County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Shoups Ford
      • From Grover to Shoups Ford
  • Catawba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grover, with the one closest to Grover listed first.
    • Banoak
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Banoak have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banoak
      • Banoak is located in Catawba County
    • Cooksville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cooksville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
      • Cooksville is located in Catawba County
    • Plateau
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Plateau. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau
      • Plateau is located in Catawba County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Plateau
      • From Grover to Plateau
  • Gaston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grover, with the one closest to Grover listed first.
    • Bessemer City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Perry
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Perry. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
      • Perry is located in Gaston County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Perry
      • From Grover to Perry
    • Tryon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • South Gastonia
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Gastonia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gastonia
      • South Gastonia is located in Gaston County
    • Cherryville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Dellview
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dellview have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellview
      • Dellview is located in Gaston County
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 13 people
    • Gastonia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Dallas
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dallas have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
      • Dallas is located in Gaston County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,851 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dallas <3>
    • Smyre
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Ranlo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Lowell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lowell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
      • Lowell is located in Gaston County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,744 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lowell <3>
    • High Shoals
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Shoals have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
      • High Shoals is located in Gaston County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 757 people
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grover, with the one closest to Grover listed first.
    • Crouse
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crouse have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouse
      • Crouse is located in Lincoln County
    • North Brook ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for North Brook. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Brook
      • North Brook is located in Lincoln County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to North Brook
      • From Grover to North Brook
    • Hulls Crossroads
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Lincolnton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Boger City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boger City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boger City
      • Boger City is located in Lincoln County
    • Iron Station
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Vale
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vale
      • Vale is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vale <3>
    • Henry
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Henry. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
      • Henry is located in Lincoln County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Henry
      • From Grover to Henry
    • Laurel Hill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laurel Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
      • Laurel Hill is located in Lincoln County
    • Machpelah
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Lowesville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lowesville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowesville
      • Lowesville is located in Lincoln County
  • Mecklenburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grover, with the one closest to Grover listed first.
    • Paw Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paw Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Creek
      • Paw Creek is located in Mecklenburg County
    • Pinecrest
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Rutherford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grover, with the one closest to Grover listed first.
    • Six Points
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Ellenboro
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellenboro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellenboro
      • Ellenboro is located in Rutherford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 830 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ellenboro <3>
    • Caroleen
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Henrietta
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Concord
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Concord have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
      • Concord is located in Rutherford County
    • Sandy Mush
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Hollis
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Alexander Mills
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alexander Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Mills
      • Alexander Mills is located in Rutherford County
    • Harris
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Bostic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bostic have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bostic
      • Bostic is located in Rutherford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 379 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bostic <3>
    • Forest City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Washburn
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Cherokee County (SC)
  • Chester County (SC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grover, with the one closest to Grover listed first.
    • Cabal
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Lowrys
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lowrys have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrys
      • Lowrys is located in Chester County (SC)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
    • Smith
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Spartanburg County (SC)
  • Union County (SC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grover, with the one closest to Grover listed first.
    • Bailey Town ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bailey Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
      • Bailey Town is located in Union County (SC)
    • Kelly
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kelly. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
      • Kelly is located in Union County (SC)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Kelly
      • From Grover to Kelly
    • Lockhart
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Jonesville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bonham
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bonham. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonham
      • Bonham is located in Union County (SC)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bonham
      • From Grover to Bonham
  • York County (SC)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grover, see our County-by-County Page for Grover.

Cemeteries Near Grover ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grover.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grover covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grover, with the one closest to Grover listed first.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Grover had a population of 126 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Grover had a population of 709 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Grover, with the one closest to Grover listed first.

  • Elbethel ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elbethel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbethel
    • Elbethel is located in Cleveland County
  • Durbro ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Durbro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbro
    • Durbro is located in Cleveland County
  • Earl
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Blacksburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Kings Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Kings Mountain
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Smyrna
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Bethany
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bethany have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
    • Bethany is located in York County (SC)
  • Shelby
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Fancy ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fancy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy
    • Fancy is located in Cleveland County
  • Sharon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sharon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
    • Sharon is located in Cleveland County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Sharon
    • From Grover to Sharon
  • Erwinsville ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erwinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwinsville
    • Erwinsville is located in Cleveland County
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Stubbs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stubbs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubbs
      • Stubbs is located in Cleveland County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Stubbs
      • From Grover to Stubbs
    • Zadok ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zadok have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zadok
      • Zadok is located in York County (SC)
    • Bessemer City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Grover. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grover.

Newspapers Published in Grover ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grover.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grover, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grover.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Grover:

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

The official website for Cleveland County: www.clevelandcounty.com/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<5>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 Grover, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Grover) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Grover. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1746, Longitude: -81.4498    









 

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