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Welcome to Smith Grove ...

Smith Grove is located in Davie County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Smith Grove, you might consider that their post office opened in 1834.

A typical abbreviation for Smith Grove: Smith Grv.

Smith Grove is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Smith Grove: 336 & 743<3>

Communities Also Named Smith Grove ...

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

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

Websites for Smith Grove ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.daviecounty.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Smith Grove, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Smith Grove ...

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

  • Winston - Salem
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Clemmons
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Lexington
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lewisville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Mocksville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Midway
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Midway is located in Davidson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
  • Spencer
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Wallburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Yadkinville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Bermuda Run
    (4 miles [6.4 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 Smith Grove. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Smith Grove.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Smith Grove ...

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

Adding Smith Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Smith Grove post office opened in 1834. The Smith Grove post office closed in 1906.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Davie, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Smith 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 336 code has been Overlayed with the 743 area code. New phone numbers in the Smith Grove area will be assigned with one of these codes: 336 or 743. As a result, placing a call in the Smith 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>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/